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

(Part of the The American Social Experience Series Series)

by Martin Paulsson

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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 of the traditional constraints of family, church, and community, commercial recreation touched the rawest nerves of the reform impulse. The sight of young...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0814766439

ISBN13:9780814766439

Release Date:October 1996

Publisher:New York University Press

Length:264 Pages

Weight:0.98 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 5.9" x 8.8"

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History Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences State & Local Textbooks

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