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David Huyssen
Progressive Inequality [EPUB ebook]
Rich and Poor in New York, 1890 1920

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The Progressive Era has been seen as a seismic event that reduced the gulf between America’s rich and poor. Progressive Inequality cuts against the grain of this view, showing how initiatives in charity, organized labor, and housing reform backfired, reinforcing class biases, especially the notion that wealth derives from individual merit.

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Format EPUB ● Pages 388 ● ISBN 9780674419520 ● Publisher Harvard University Press ● Published 2014 ● Downloadable 6 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 2952182 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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