Roaring Metropolis : businessmen's campaign for a civic welfare state /

Roaring Metropolis reconstructs the ideas and activism of urban capitalists in the early twentieth century as they advocated extensive government spending on an array of social programs. Focusing on Detroit, Philadelphia, and Atlanta, the book traces businessmen's quest to build cities and nurt...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Amsterdam, Daniel
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc., 2016.
Collection:American business, politics, and society.
Sujets:
Detroit > Mich.
Philadelphia > PA
1900-1999
Businessmen > Political activity > United States > History > 20th century > Case studies.
Social change > United States > History > 20th century > Case studies.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Government & Business.
Businessmen > Political activity.
Politics and government.
Social change.
Social conditions.
Social policy.
Sozialpolitik
Unternehmer
Politisches Handeln
Sozialer Wandel
United States > Social policy > 20th century > Case studies.
Detroit (Mich.) > Politics and government > 20th century.
Detroit (Mich.) > Social conditions > 20th century.
Philadelphia (Pa.) > Politics and government > 20th century.
Philadelphia (Pa.) > Social conditions > 20th century.
Atlanta (Ga.) > Politics and government > 20th century.
Atlanta (Ga.) > Social conditions > 20th century.
États-Unis > Politique sociale > 20e siècle > Études de cas.
Georgia > Atlanta.
Michigan > Detroit.
Pennsylvania > Philadelphia.
United States.
USA
Atlanta, Ga.
Case studies.
History.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo

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