Disaster Citizenship Survivors, Solidarity, and Power in the Progressive Era
A century ago, governments buoyed by Progressive Era–beliefs began to assume greater responsibility for protecting and rescuing citizens. Yet the aftermath of two disasters in the United States-Canada borderlands--the Salem Fire of 1914 and the Halifax Explosion of 1917--saw working class survivors...
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| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Urbana
University of Illinois Press
2015
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| Ausgabe: | 1 |
| Schriftenreihe: | The working class in American history |
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| ISBN: | 0252039831, 9780252039836, 0252081374, 9780252081378, 9780252097942, 0252097947 |
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- Front Matter Table of Contents ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INTRODUCTION 1: “ORGANIZATION WITHOUT ANY ORGANIZATION”: 2: “A GREAT POWER HAD SWEPT OVER IT”: 3: “IT IS EASY ENOUGH TO ESTABLISH CAMPS”: 4: “THE RELIEF WOULD HAVE HAD TO PAY SOMEONE”: 5: “A DESIRABLE MEASURE OF RESPONSIBILITY”: 6: “THE SUFFERINGS OF THIS TIME ARE NOT WORTHY TO BE COMPARED WITH THE GLORY THAT IS TO COME”: CONCLUSION: NOTES BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX Back Matter
- Notes Bibliography Index, About the Author, Other Works in the Series Conclusion: Cities of Comrades 6. “The Sufferings of This Time Are Not Worthy to Be Compared with the Glory That Is to Come”: Sale 5. “A Desirable Measure of Responsibility”: Halifax’s Churches and Unions Respond to the Progressive 4. “The Relief Would Have Had to Pay Someone”: Halifax Families and the Work of Relief in Halifax 3. “It Is Easy Enough to Establish Camps”: Geographies of Community and Resistance in Burned Salem 2. “A Great Power Had Swept Over It”: Politics and Power after the Salem Fire Introduction 1. “Organization without Any Organization”: Order and Disorder in Exploded Halifax Cover Title Page, Copyright, Dedication Contents Acknowledgments
- Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 "Organization without Any Organization": Order and Disorder in Exploded Halifax -- 2 "A Great Power Had Swept Over It": Politics and Power after the Salem Fire -- 3 "It Is Easy Enough to Establish Camps": Geographies of Community and Resistance in Burned Salem -- 4 "The Relief Would Have Had to Pay Someone": Halifax Families and the Work of Relief in Halifax -- 5 "A Desirable Measure of Responsibility": Halifax's Churches and Unions Respond to the Progressive -- 6 "The Sufferings of This Time Are Not Worthy to Be Compared with the Glory That Is to Come": Sale -- Conclusion: Cities of Comrades -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index