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The Social Anxieties of Progressive Reform : Atlantic City, 1854-1920 /

Tracing the evolution of Atlantic City from a miserable hamlet of fishermen's huts in 1854 to the nation's premier seaside resort in 1910, The Social Anxieties of Progressive Reform chronicles a bizarre political conflict that reaches to the very heart of Progressivism. Operating outside o...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Paulsson, Martin (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : New York University Press, [1994]
Colección:The American Social Experience ; 2
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Chapter one. The kuehnle myth
  • Chapter two. From pitney's folly to world's playground
  • Chapter three. The robbery of the sabbath
  • Chapter four. Low resorts
  • Chapter five. A saturnalia of vice
  • Chapter six. The reason: the rise and fall of boss kuehnle
  • Chapter seven. Pharisees and hypocrites
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index