Daniel Amsterdam

Roaring Metropolis

Businessmen's Campaign for a Civic Welfare State

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Produktbeschreibung

Daniel Amsterdam teaches history at the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. April 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 160mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 544g
• ISBN-13: 9780812248104
• ISBN-10: 0812248104
• Artikelnr.: 44467384

Autorenporträt

Daniel Amsterdam teaches history at the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Chapter 1. At Cross Purposes: Businessmen's Political Activism Before the
Armistice
Chapter 2. Detroit: Businessmen at Large
Chapter 3. Philadelphia: Money and the Machine
Chapter 4. Atlanta: City Building in Black and White
Chapter 5. Businessmen's Social Politics Beyond the Civic Welfare State
Epilogue. The 1930s and After
Notes
Index
Acknowledgments