The refuge of affections : family and American reform politics, 1900-1920 /

The Progressives-those reformers responsible for the shape of many American institutions, from the Federal Reserve Board to the New School for Social Research-have always presented a mystery. What prompted middle-class citizens to support fundamental change in American life? Eric Rauchway shows that...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rauchway, Eric
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, ©2001.
Colección:Columbia studies in contemporary American history.
Temas:
Social reformers > United States > Biography.
Families > United States.
Progressivism (United States politics)
Réformateurs sociaux > États-Unis > Biographies.
Familles > États-Unis.
Progressisme > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Social Scientists & Psychologists.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
Families.
Social reformers.
Familie
Sozialreformer
Progressismus
Sociale verandering.
United States.
USA
collective biographies.
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Aknowledgments
  • Abbreviations and manuscript citations
  • Introduction
  • 1. Dorothy Whitney and Willard Straight
  • 2. Mary Ritter and Charles Beard
  • 3. Lucy Sprague and Wesley Clair Mitchell
  • 4. War and the Progressive Family
  • 5. The Narrative of Progress versus the Logic of Events
  • Epilogue: The Rise and Fall of The Rise of American Civilization; or, A Further Parable on the Narrative of Progress and the Logic of Events
  • Notes
  • Works cited
  • Index.

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