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The paradox of Southern progressivism, 1880-1930 /

Focusing on the cultural conflicts between social reformers and southern communities, William Link presents an important reinterpretation of the origins and impact of progressivism in the South. He shows that a fundamental clash of values divided reformers and rural southerners, ultimately blocking...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Link, William A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©1992.
Colección:Fred W. Morrison series in Southern studies.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • pt. I. Localism in transition. The contours of social policy
  • Governance and the moral crisis
  • Paternalism and reform
  • pt. II. The reform crusade. Social purity
  • Schools and health
  • Family
  • pt. III. Social policy and community resistance. Building the social efficiency state
  • The limits of paternalism
  • Schools, health, and popular resistance
  • The family and the state
  • Epilogue: legacies.