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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463538103321

Autore

Piott Steven L.

Titolo

Americans in dissent : thirteen influential social critics of the nineteenth century / / Steven L. Piott

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-4985-0570-8

0-7391-9249-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (251 p.)

Disciplina

303.48/40973

Soggetti

Social reformers - United States - History - 19th century

Political activists - United States - History - 19th century

Electronic books.

United States Social conditions 19th century

United States Politics and government 19th century

United States History 19th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; Chapter One: Sarah G. Bagley; Chapter Two: Thomas Skidmore and George Henry Evans; Chapter Three: William H. Sylvis; Chapter Four: Oliver Hudson Kelley; Chapter Five: George Perkins Marsh; Chapter Six: Elizabeth Cady Stanton; Chapter Seven: Frances Willard; Chapter Eight: Helen Hunt Jackson; Chapter Nine: T. Thomas Fortune; Chapter Ten: Thomas Nast; Chapter Eleven: Jacob Riis; Chapter Twelve: Edward Bellamy; Epilogue; Index

Sommario/riassunto

<span><span style=""font-style:italic;"">Americans in Dissent </span><span>is designed as a collection of biographical essays written for general readers and undergraduates that focuses on the topic of American dissent during the period from 1830 to 1890.</span></span>