Jane Addams and the dream of American democracy : a life

Elshtain, Jean Bethke 1941-2013 (Author).

Summary: In this ... interpretation of the life and work of quintessential "public intellectual" Jane Addams (1860-1935), [the author] explores Addams's legacy thematically and chronologically, recounting Addams's embrace of "social feminism," her challenge to the usual cleavage between "conservative" and "liveral," and the growth of Chicago's famed Hull House into a thriving cultural and intellectual center.-Back cover.

Item details

ISBN: 0465019129 (alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780465019120 (alk. paper)
ISBN: 0465019137 (pbk.)
ISBN: 9780465019137 (pbk.)
Physical Description: print
xxii, 329 p. : ill ; 25 cm.
Publisher: New York : Basic Books, c2002.

Contents / Notes

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-318) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	1. The snare of preparation -- 2. One pilgrim's progress -- 3. Imagining Hull-House -- 4. The family claim and the social claim -- 5. Compassion without condescension : the child and the city -- 6. Woman's remembering heart -- 7. Life has marked us with its slow stain : the war at home -- 8. Solidarity which will not waver : Jane Addams in war and peace.
Additional Physical Form available Note:	Also issued online.

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