"Excerpts from ... autobiographies and reminiscences." --Theodore Roosevelt holds to the rule of reason, from Autobiography.--Ida Tarbell discovers "The golden rule in industry" from All in a day's work.--Frederic Howe befriends the Irish, from The confessions of a reformer.--Josephus Daniels defends the color line, from Editor in politics.--Robert La Follette curbs the interests, from La Follette's autobiography.--George Norris unhorses an old guard, from Fighting liberal.--William Prendergast goes Bull Moose, from Reminiscences, Columbia University Oral History Collection.--Jane Addams stands at Armageddon, from McClure's.--Theodore Roosevelt sums it up, from The outlook.--Jacob Riis asserts his patriotism, from The making of an American.--Mary Simkhovitch musters a settlement house, from Neighborhood.--Roger Baldwin defends civil liberties and resists the draft, from Reminiscences, Columbia University Oral History Collection. Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Introduction.--Selected bibliography (p. xxxv-xxxvii)--Vernon Louis Parrington recalls the spirit of an age, from Main currents of American thought.--Richard Ely inaugurates the new economics, from Ground under our feet.--W. E. B. Du Bois proposes a science of equality, from Dusk of dawn.--Jane Addams weighs the burdens of the poor, from Twenty years at Hull House.--Margaret Sanger takes up the fight for birth control, from My fight for birth control.--Rabbi Stephen Wise sides with labor, from The challenging years.--Monsignor John Ryan calls for a living wage, from Social doctrine in action.--The Reverend Washington Gladden shuns tainted money, from Recollections.--Ray Stannard Baker holds on to his muckrake, from American chronicle.
Series:
American heritage series
LCCN:
66016754
Locations:
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UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)
PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)
PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)
PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)
UTAX314 -- Emmaus Bible College Library (Dubuque)
N4AX745 -- Iowa Lakes Community College Library - Emmetsburg (Emmetsburg)
N2AX314 -- Divine Word Seminary - Matthew Jacoby Library (Epworth)
HYAX325 -- Iowa Lakes Community College Library - Estherville (Estherville)
OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
PHAX277 -- Graceland University - Frederick Madison Smith Library (Lamoni)
OZAX845 -- Northwestern College - DeWitt Library (Orange City)
OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)
OUAX845 -- Dordt University (Sioux Center)
UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)
PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)
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