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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"progressive reform"”.
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Abraham Lincoln and Progressive Reform, 1890-1920
Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1993.
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Reno at the Races: Sporting Life versus Progressive Reform
… and how two opposing forces - sporting life and progressive reform - converged as state lawmakers passed progressive gambling legislation. While maybe not a catalyst, this legislation began Nevada's slippery slope to becoming a wide-open gambling state. It examines how the acceptance of horse …
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Justice and Humanity: The Politics of Edward F. Dunne
… In both positions Dunne was at the forefront of progressive reform, and his career was founded upon his widely perceived image as a reformist leader.
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Experiments in Social Salvation: The Settlement Movement in Chicago, 1890-1910
… presented as a crucible for the development of Progressive reform. The subjective and objective necessities for social settlements are described through the lives of men and women central to the movement. Reformers such as Jane Addams, Graham Taylor, and Mary McDowell fused their personal …
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Intentionally Diverse: A Historical Investigation of a Southern Private School's Ten-Year Diversity Initiative
… these power dynamics informed this seemingly progressive reform.</p>
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The Jacob A. Riis-Theodore Roosevelt Digital Archive
… Archive is a digital archive focused on the Progressive Era in US history, which lasted from the late 19th century to the early 20th century. During the Progressive Era, reformers from the American middle class made significant strides in addressing social issues in urban areas and among the …
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Renewal and Disposability: Projects and Narratives of Development and Dispossession in the "New" New Orleans
… be change-oriented, optimistic, and a leader in progressive reform movements. Discourse around post-Katrina New Orleans was focused on making New Orleans "better than before" and becoming a national leader for cutting-edge urban renewal. On-the-ground change mirrored this discourse, as the city's …
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Education, Welfare Policy and working-class children: A study of Preston, 1919 to 1939.
… decade of the 20th centuzy, over thirty years of progressive reform since the 1870 Education Act had demonstrated the need for a system of welfare provision that would ensure working-class schoolchildren were sufficiently healthy to benefit from their education. There were also national security …
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The role of nostalgia in reality television’s representation of rural lives
… settler narrative that implies it is not through progressive reform that America will find its nostrum but through a return to conservative values. The chapters in this thesis examine aspects of contemporary urban life that have drastically changed since the onset of America’s industrial …
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Reformers Revealed: American Indian Progressives at Haskell Institute, Lawrence, Kansas, 1884-1909
… with much of the period scholars call "The Progressive Era" in U.S. history, the time frame investigated yields rich data regarding new thinking about educational and social reform. While recent literature on the boarding school system has blossomed, the link between its activities and the …
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"Magic City" class, community, and reform in Roanoke, Virginia, 1882-1912
… turmoil, class conflicts, and superficial "reforms" made it much more village than city, far more dystopia than utopia. "Magic City" examines that history from 1882 to 1912 using the lenses of class, community, and reform as points of departure. It analyzes Roanoke's rapid growth in the …
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"From Daniel Boone to the Beverly Hillbillies: tales of a ""fallen"" race, 1873-1968"
Since the earliest days of European settlement, the Appalachian Mountains emerged in lore as the manly frontier setting where such figures as Daniel Boone, Davy Crocket, Kit Carson, Andrew Jackson, and others carved out the wilderness and forged a nation. Theodore Roosevelt went so far as to …
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A comparative study of the aims structure and strategies of the National Party and Inkatha National Cultural Liberation Movement in the decade 1975-1985
… groupings were the United Party (UP), the Progressive Reform Party (PRP), the Progressive Federal Party (PFP) , the New Republic Party (NRP) , the South African Party (SAP), the Conservative Party (CP), and the Herstigte Nasionale Party (HNP) . In principle, they agreed with the NP and …