Civic passions [[electronic resource] ] : seven who launched progressive America (and what they teach us) / / Cecelia Tichi

• Autore: Tichi Cecelia <1942->
• Pubblicazione: Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (401 p.)
• Disciplina: 324.2732/7
• Soggetto topico: Progressivism (United States politics); Political activists - United States; Social reformers - United States; Leadership - United States; Social problems - United States - History - 19th century; Social problems - United States - History - 20th century
• Soggetto geografico: United States History 1865-1921 Biography; United States Politics and government 1865-1933; United States Social conditions 1865-1918
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The dangerous trades -- The Pittsburgh survey -- Justice, not pity -- The wages of work -- Citizen -- The social gospel -- Lynching in all its phases -- Progressive encore? a postscript.
• Sommario/riassunto: A gripping and inspiring book, Civic Passions examines innovative leadership in periods of crisis in American history. Starting from the late nineteenth century, when respected voices warned that America was on the brink of collapse, Cecelia Tichi explores the wisdom of practical visionaries who were confronted with a series of social, political, and financial upheavals that, in certain respects, seem eerily similar to modern times. The United States--then, as now--was riddled with political corruption, financial panics, social disruption, labor strife, and bourgeois inertia. Dr
• Titolo autorizzato: Civic passions
• ISBN: 1-4696-0538-4; 0-8078-9869-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910821619203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II