Children and youth during the Gilded Age and Progressive Era edited by James Martin with a foreword by Paula S. Fass
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DOI: 10.1080/0046760x.2016.1151559
Abstract: Westminster School) gain one between them. This may not reduce the accuracy of the opinions expressed but it does skew the perspective. Additional information was gleaned from interviews and correspondence with many who worked in… read more here.
Keywords: gilded age; progressive era; age progressive; children youth ... See more keywords
The cop and the mob: Joe Petrosino against the Mafia in the United States and Italy during the Progressive Era
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DOI: 10.1093/hisres/htae031
Abstract: This article reconstructs the clash between local police and Italian crime in New York during the Progressive Era. During the 1900s the Black Hand organized crime began to blackmail Italian businesses and, to counter this… read more here.
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Tonic for Body or Soul: Fresh Air for Poor Children in Progressive Era New York City
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DOI: 10.1177/00961442211040453
Abstract: The Fresh Air Fund and the Floating Hospital were two charities that launched in Gilded Age New York City and flourished during the Progressive Era. Part of the fresh air charity movement, both organizations argued… read more here.
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From housewife’s expertise to the women’s movement: Empowerment through scientific management during the progressive era
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DOI: 10.1177/13505084241302151
Abstract: Scientific Management is usually studied for what it brought to factories, production and the organization of work: yet, it did much more. Our contribution focuses on how Taylor’s ideas were adapted to domestic occupation by… read more here.
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"The Environmental Consequences … Were Calamitous": Smelter Smoke Controversies in Progressive Era America, 1899–1918
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DOI: 10.1353/tech.2019.0004
Abstract: abstract:During the Progressive Era, public scrutiny of corporate power and expansion was a central political and economic theme. As Americans grappled with modernity and its impact, they often struggled to identify the appropriate balance between… read more here.
Keywords: smelter smoke; problem smelter; progressive era; environmental consequences ... See more keywords