Progressive inequality : rich and poor in New York, 1890-1920 / David Huyssen

Object Details

Author

Huyssen, David 1979-

Includes index.

Contents

Invading the tenements -- Stanny's empire on the Bowery -- In America -- we only look to make money? -- To love with severity -- The business of godly charity -- Letters of intent -- I feel you have done me great injustice -- My political attitude is making some of our generous friends uneasy -- Making a killing -- Prime law? Trumps right of revolution -- Sisters in struggle -- There is nothing socialistic or suffragistic in the project -- Sisters at odds -- Absolute authority as to both men and measures -- Mother Jones's last stand -- Epilogue : recognizing class in ourselves

Summary

"The Progressive Era has been depicted as a seismic event in American history -- a landslide of reform that curbed capitalist excesses and reduced the gulf between rich and poor. Progressive Inequality cuts against the grain of this popular consensus, demonstrating how income inequality's growth prior to the stock market crash of 1929 continued to aggravate class divisions ... Huyssen interweaves dramatic stories of wealthy and poor New Yorkers at the turn of the twentieth century, uncovering how initiatives in charity, labor struggles, and housing reform chafed against social, economic, and cultural differences"--Publisher's description.

2014

Type

Books

History

Physical description

378 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place

New York (State)

New York

Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)

Smithsonian Libraries

Topic

Rich people--History

Poor--History

Income distribution--History

Social classes--History

Economic conditions

Social conditions

Record ID

siris_sil_1079891

Metadata Usage (text)

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