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

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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
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : NYU Press, 1994.
Colección:American Social Experience S.
Temas:
Kuehnle, Louis, > -1934.
Kuehnle, Louis, > -1934
Progressivism (United States politics)
Progressisme > États-Unis.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
Politics and government
Social conditions
Atlantic City (N.J.) > Social conditions.
Atlantic City (N.J.) > Politics and government.
New Jersey > Atlantic City
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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 of the traditional constraints of family, church, and community, commercial recreation touched the rawest nerves of the reform impulse. The sight of young men and women frolicking in the surf and tangoing on the beach and the presence of unescorted women in boardwalk cafs and cabarets translated for many Progr.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (290 pages).
ISBN:9780814768860
0814768865

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