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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Main Author:	Remes, Jacob A. C.
Format:	eBook Book
Language:	English
Published:	Urbana University of Illinois Press 2015
Edition:	1
Series:	The working class in American history
Subjects:	20th century Canada Community organization Disaster relief Disaster relief > Social aspects > Canada > History > 20th century Disaster relief > Social aspects > United States > History > 20th century Fires Fires > Massachusetts > Salem > History > 20th century Halifax Halifax (N.S.) Halifax (N.S.) > Social conditions > 20th century Halifax Explosion, Halifax, N.S., 1917 History HISTORY / United States / 20th Century. bisacsh Labor & Industrial Relations Massachusetts Nova Scotia POLITICAL SCIENCE POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations. bisacsh Power (Social sciences) Power (Social sciences) > History > 20th century Salem Salem (Mass.) Salem (Mass.) > Social conditions > 20th century Social aspects Social conditions SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disasters & Disaster Relief. bisacsh Sociology Solidarity Solidarity > Social aspects > History > 20th century United States Working class Working class - Massachusetts - Salem - History - 20th century Working class > Nova Scotia > Halifax > History > 20th century
ISBN:	0252039831, 9780252039836, 0252081374, 9780252081378, 9780252097942, 0252097947
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