Disaster Citizenship : Survivors, Solidarity, and Power in the Progressive Era /

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"A century ago, governments buoyed by Progressive Era-beliefs began to assume greater responsibility for protecting and rescuing citizens. Yet the aftermath of two disasters in the United States-Canada borderlands--the Salem Fire of 1914 and the Halifax Explosion of 1917--saw working class surv...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Remes, Jacob A. C., 1980- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2016]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Working class.
Social conditions.
Power (Social sciences)
Fires.
Disaster relief > Social aspects.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Disasters & Disaster Relief.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
Travailleurs > Nouvelle-Écosse > Halifax > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Travailleurs > Massachusetts > Salem > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Explosion de Halifax, Halifax, N.-É., 1917.
Incendies > Massachusetts > Salem > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Secours aux victimes de catastrophes > Aspect social > Canada > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Secours aux victimes de catastrophes > Aspect social > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Power (Social sciences) > History > 20th century.
Solidarity > Social aspects > History > 20th century.
Working class > Nova Scotia > Halifax > History > 20th century.
Working class > Massachusetts > Salem > History > 20th century.
Halifax Explosion, Halifax, N.S., 1917.
Fires > Massachusetts > Salem > History > 20th century.
Disaster relief > Social aspects > Canada > History > 20th century.
Disaster relief > Social aspects > United States > History > 20th century.
United States.
Nova Scotia > Halifax.
Massachusetts > Salem.
Canada.
Halifax (N.S.) > Social conditions > 20th century.
Salem (Mass.) > Social conditions > 20th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • "Organization without any organization" : order and disorder in exploded Halifax
  • "A great power had swept over it" : politics and power after the Salem fire
  • "It is easy enough to establish camps" : geographies of community and resistance in burned Salem
  • "The relief would have had to pay someone" : Halifax families and the work of relief
  • A desirable measure of responsibility" : Halifax's churches and unions respond to the progressive state
  • "The sufferings of this time are not worthy to be compared with the glory that is to come" : Salem workers build power in the church and factory
  • Conclusion : cities of comrades .

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