Civilizing capitalism [[electronic resource] ] : the National Consumers' League, women's activism, and labor standards in the New Deal era / / Landon R.Y. Storrs
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Storrs Landon R. Y
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| Titolo: |
Civilizing capitalism [[electronic resource] ] : the National Consumers' League, women's activism, and labor standards in the New Deal era / / Landon R.Y. Storrs
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| Pubblicazione: | Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2000 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (408 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 331.4/25 |
| Soggetto topico: | Women social reformers - United States |
| Working-women's clubs - United States - History | |
| Women - Employment - United States - History | |
| Child labor - United States - History | |
| Industrial welfare - United States - History | |
| Labor movement - United States - History | |
| New Deal, 1933-1939 | |
| Labor laws and legislation - United States - History | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-381) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Investigate, Agitate, Legislate; 2. Toward Feminist Social Democracy; 3. A Subtle Program Come Down from the North?; 4. The Acid Test of the New Deal; 5. Bucking the Bourbons; 6. Agents of the New Deal; 7. Ambiguous Victory; 8. Reaction; 9. Always Democracy; Conclusion; Appendix 1: National Consumers' League Officers, 1933 and 1941; Appendix 2: Biographical Data on Fifty Consumers' League Activists in the 1930's; Appendix 3: Selected Landmarks in the History of Labor Standards Regulation; Notes; Bibliography; |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Aiming to offer fresh insights into the history of labour policy, the New Deal, feminism, and southern politics, the author of this work examines the New Deal era of the National Consumers' League, one of the most influential reform organizations of the early 20th century. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Civilizing capitalism |
| ISBN: | 0-8078-6099-9 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910455886903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Gender & American culture.