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Progressive inequality : rich and poor in New York, 1890-1920 /
Huyssen interweaves dramatic stories of wealthy and poor New Yorkers at the turn of the twentieth century, uncovering how initiatives in charity, labor struggles, and housing reform chafed against social, economic, and cultural differences. A major contribution to the history of American capitalism,...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts :
Harvard University Press,
[2014]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Huyssen interweaves dramatic stories of wealthy and poor New Yorkers at the turn of the twentieth century, uncovering how initiatives in charity, labor struggles, and housing reform chafed against social, economic, and cultural differences. A major contribution to the history of American capitalism, Progressive Inequality makes tangible the abstract dynamics of class relations and opens a rare window ontocurrenteconomic and social debates. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (378 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780674419520 0674419529 0674419537 9780674419537 |