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Civic Passions : Seven Who Launched Progressive America (and What They Teach Us)

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Banquet At Delmonico’s : How Evolution Conquered Gilded Age America

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Barry Werth
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Book, 1st ed, Random House, 2009
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As this justification took root as a social, economic, and ethical doctrine, Spencer won numerous influential American disciples and allies, including industrialist Andrew Carnegie, clergyman Henry Ward Beecher, and political reformer Carl Schurz. In late 1882, most of the main figures who brought about and popularized these developments gathered at Delmonico?s, New York?s most venerable restaurant, in an exclusive farewell dinner to honor Spencer and to toast the social applications of the theory of evolution. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Spencer, Herbert, · 1820-1903 · Influence · Delmonico’s Restaurant (New York, N.Y.) · History · 19th century · Social Darwinism · United States · 19th century · Human evolution · Social aspects · Social change · Dinners and dining · New York (State) · New York · Intellectuals · Biography · Intellectual life · Social conditions · 1865-1918 · Social life and customs · Werth, Barry
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(LOWER LEVEL) HM631 .W47 2009 AVAILABLE

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(LOWER LEVEL)	HM631 .W47 2009	AVAILABLE

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America, 1908 : The Dawn Of Flight, The Race To The Pole, The Invention Of The Model T, And The Making Of A Modern Nation

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Jim Rasenberger
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Book, 1st Scribner hardcover ed, Scribner, 2007
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But before the darkness fell on New Year’s Eve at the end of the year, the Wright brothers would be worldwide celebrities, heralded as the first people in all of human history to conquer the sky. pondered the New York World on New Year’s Day of 1908. Shedding new light on stories we thought we knew and telling fresh stories we can’t believe we’ve never heard, American, 1908 is a rousing chronicle of a country on the brink of greatness - and a timely, thought-provoking glimpse at a younger America, even as we wonder what awaits us in the century ahead. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Nineteen-o-eight, A.D · Technological innovations · United States · History · 20th century · Social change · 20th century · 1901-1909 · Civilization · 1865-1918 · Social conditions · Rasenberger, Jim
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(LOWER LEVEL) E756 .R37 2007 AVAILABLE

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(LOWER LEVEL)	E756 .R37 2007	AVAILABLE

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The Devil’s Gentleman : Privilege, Poison, And The Trial That Ushered In The Twentieth Century

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Harold Schechter
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Book, 1st ed, Ballantine Books, 2007
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In bold, brilliant strokes, Schechter captures all the colors of the tumultuous legal case, gathering his own evidence and tackling subjects no one dared address at the time?all in hopes of answering the tantalizing question: What powerfully dark motives could drive the wealthy scion of an eminent New York family to foul murder? Schechter vividly portrays the case?s fascinating cast of characters, including Julian Hawthorne, son of Nathaniel Hawthorne, a prolific yellow journalist who covered the story, and proud General Edward Leslie Molineux, whose son?s ignoble deeds besmirched a dignified national hero?s final years. All the while Schechter brings alive Manhattan?s Gilded Age: a gaslit world of elegant town houses and hidden bordellos, chic restaurants and shabby opium dens, a city peopled by men and women fighting and losing the battle against urges an upright era had ordered suppressed. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Molineux, Roland Burnham · Murder · New York (State) · New York · United States · Social conditions · 1865-1918 · Schechter, Harold
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(LOWER LEVEL) HV6534.N5 S34 2007 AVAILABLE

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(LOWER LEVEL)	HV6534.N5 S34 2007	AVAILABLE

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Free Woman : The Life And Times Of Victoria Woodhull

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Marion Meade
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Book, Knopf, 1976
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Woodhull, Victoria C. · (Victoria Claflin), · 1838-1927 · Juvenile literature · Feminists · United States · Biography · Feminism · History · Women · Social conditions · 1865-1918 · Juvenile literature · Meade, Marion, 1934-
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CHILD LIT (LOWER) 920 W891m AVAILABLE

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CHILD LIT (LOWER)	920 W891m	AVAILABLE

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Woodrow Wilson : Essential Writings And Speeches Of The Scholar-president

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edited and introduced by Mario R. DiNunzio
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Book, New York University Press, 2006
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A professor of history and political science, Wilson became the dynamic president of Princeton University in 1902 and was one of its most prolific scholars before entering active politics. Woodrow Wilson: Essential Writings and Speeches of the Scholar-President collects Wilson’s most influential work, from early essays on religion to his famous “Fourteen Points” speech, which introduced the idea of the League of Nations. Among the last of the presidents to write his own speeches, Wilson left behind works which offer impressive insights into his mind and his age. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Wilson, Woodrow, · 1856-1924 · Religion · Speeches, addresses, etc., American · United States · Politics and government · 1913-1921 · Foreign relations · Social conditions · 1865-1918 · 1865-1933 · Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924 · Di Nunzio, Mario R., 1936-
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(LOWER LEVEL) E660 .W712 2006 AVAILABLE

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(LOWER LEVEL)	E660 .W712 2006	AVAILABLE

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American Reformers, 1870-1920 : Progressives In Word And Deed

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edited by Steven L. Piott
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Book, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2006
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In this new work, historian Steven Piott explores the fascinating and provocative lives of twelve influential American reformers placed in the historical context of the Gilded Age, Populist and Progressive eras. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Progressivism (United States politics) · Populism · United States · Reformers · Biography · Social reformers · Political activists · Social change · History · 1865-1921 · Social conditions · 1865-1918 · Politics and government · 1865-1933 · Piott, Steven L
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(LOWER LEVEL) E663 .A47 2006 AVAILABLE

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(LOWER LEVEL)	E663 .A47 2006	AVAILABLE

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Battle Scars : Gender And Sexuality In The American Civil War

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edited by Catherine Clinton and Nina Silber
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Book, Oxford University Press, 2006
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Examining the interplay among such phenomena as racial stereotypes, sexual violence, trauma, and notions of masculinity, Battle Scars represents the best new scholarship on men and women in the North and South and highlights how lives were transformed by this era of tumultuous change. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Sex role · United States · History · 19th century · Women · Civil War, 1861-1865 · Social aspects · Social conditions · To 1865 · 1865-1918 · Clinton, Catherine, 1952- · Silber, Nina
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(LOWER LEVEL) HQ1075.5.U6 B38 2006 AVAILABLE

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Pandita Ramabai’s America : Conditions Of Life In The United States

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edited, with a biographical introduction by Robert Eric Frykenberg ; Kshitija Gomes, translator ; Philip C. Engblom, translation editor
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Book, William B. Eerdmans Pub, 2003
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While upholding aspects of American life as ideals for her own country, especially in her concern for the place of women, Ramabai also makes insightful criticisms of modern life in the United States. Including a lengthy biographical introduction to Ramabai by editor Robert Eric Frykenberg, this volume offers readers a valuable perspective on American life ? (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Ramabai Sarasvati, · Pandita, · 1858-1922 · Travel · United States · Women, East Indian · United States · Biography · Women social reformers · India · Description and travel · Social conditions · 1865-1918 · Civilization · Ramabai Sarasvati, 1858-1922 · Frykenberg, Robert Eric · Gomes, Kshitija · Engblom, Philip C., 1951-
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(LOWER LEVEL) E168 .R156 2003 AVAILABLE

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(LOWER LEVEL)	E168 .R156 2003	AVAILABLE

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A Fierce Discontent : The Rise And Fall Of The Progressive Movement In America, 1870-1920

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Michael McGerr
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Book, Free Press, 2003
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From the 1890s to the 1910s, as American soldiers fought a war to make the world safe for democracy, reformers managed to outlaw alcohol, close down vice districts, win the right to vote for women, launch the income tax, take over the railroads, and raise feverish hopes of making new men and women for a new century. Yet the progressive movement collapsed even more spectacularly as the war came to an end amid race riots, strikes, high inflation, and a frenzied Red scare. The New Deal, World War II, the Cold War, the Great Society, and now the war on terrorism have each entailed ambitious plans for America; (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Progressivism (United States politics) · History · United States · Politics and government · 1865-1933 · Social conditions · 1865-1918 · McGerr, Michael E
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(LOWER LEVEL) E661 .M415 2003 AVAILABLE

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(LOWER LEVEL)	E661 .M415 2003	AVAILABLE

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The Magnificent Activist : The Writings Of Thomas Wentworth Higginson (1823-1911)

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edited by Howard N. Meyer
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Book, Da Capo Press, 2000
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During the Civil War, he commanded the first black unit to fight for the Union, and their achievements (publicized in his classic Army Life in a Black Regiment) opened the way for further black enlistment. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, · 1823-1911 · Political and social views · African Americans · Civil rights · History · 19th century · Antislavery movements · United States · 19th century · Women’s rights · American literature · History and criticism · Civil War, 1861-1865 · Participation, African American · Social conditions · 1865-1918 · Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, 1823-1911 · Meyer, Howard N
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(LOWER LEVEL) E185.18 .H54 2000 AVAILABLE

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(LOWER LEVEL)	E185.18 .H54 2000	AVAILABLE

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A Lydia Maria Child Reader

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Carolyn L. Karcher, editor
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Book, Duke University Press, 1997
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Showing an uncanny ability to pinpoint and respond to new cultural needs, Child pioneered almost every category of nineteenth-century American letters?historical fiction, the short story, children?s literature, the domestic advice book, women?s history, antislavery fiction, journalism, and the literature of aging. Witty, incisive, and often daringly unconventional, Child?s writings open a panoramic window on nineteenth-century American culture while addressing issues still relevant to our own time. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Social problems · Literary collections · United States · Social conditions · 1865-1918 · To 1865 · Child, Lydia Maria Francis, 1802-1880 · Karcher, Carolyn L., 1945-
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(UPPER LEVEL) PS1293 .A6 1997 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	PS1293 .A6 1997	AVAILABLE

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A Very Different Age : Americans Of The Progressive Era

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Steven J. Diner
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Book, 1st ed, Hill and Wang, 1998
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Diner draws on the rich scholarship of recent social history to show how these changes affected Americans of all backgrounds and walks of life, and in doing so offers a striking new interpretation of a crucial epoch in our history. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Progressivism (United States politics) · United States · History · 1865-1921 · Social conditions · 1865-1918 · Diner, Steven J., 1944-
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(LOWER LEVEL) E661 .D56 1998 AVAILABLE

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(LOWER LEVEL)	E661 .D56 1998	AVAILABLE

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Linoleum, Better Babies & The Modern Farm Woman, 1890-1930

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Marilyn Irvin Holt
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Book, 1st ed, University of New Mexico Press, 1995
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Reformers generally agreed that farm women were the glue that held the rural world together, and farm women saw their place in agriculture as multifaceted and important, so they eagerly accepted improved education. Holt also offers a better understanding of the role of women in agriculture from the period where farm women were seen as beasts of burden until they developed their own view of themselves as equal contributors to the success of the farm. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Rural women · United States · Education · Home economics · Social conditions · 1865-1918 · 1918-1932 · Economic conditions · 1918-1945 · Holt, Marilyn Irvin, 1949-
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(LOWER LEVEL) HQ1419 .H65 1995 AVAILABLE

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(LOWER LEVEL)	HQ1419 .H65 1995	AVAILABLE

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Frederick Douglass, In His Own Words

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edited by Milton Meltzer ; illustrated by Stephen Alcorn
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Book, 1st ed, Harcourt Brace, 1995
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Douglass, Frederick, · 1818-1895 · Antislavery movements · United States · Slavery · Race relations · Social conditions · To 1865 · 1865-1918 · Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895 · Meltzer, Milton, 1915-
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OVERSIZE (UPPER) E449 .D7324 1995 AVAILABLE

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OVERSIZE (UPPER)	E449 .D7324 1995	AVAILABLE

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