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The Jane Addams reader / edited by Jean Bethke Elshtain.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Addams, Jane, 1860-1935--Political and social views.
- Addams, Jane.
- Addams, Jane, 1860-1935.
- Hull-House (Chicago, Ill.).
- Women social workers--United States--Biography.
- Women social workers.
- Women social reformers--United States--Biography.
- Women social reformers.
- History.
- Political and social views.
- United States.
- Hull-House (Chicago, Ill.)--History.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xl, 488 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Basic Books, [2002]
- Contents:
- Hull-House Firsts xix
- A Return to Hull-House: Taking the Measure of an Extroardinary Life / Jean Bethke Elshtain xxi
- Part 1 Introduction: "The Snare of Preparation" and the Creation of a Vocation 1
- 1 "The Macbeth of Shakespeare" 5
- 2 "Bread Givers" 8
- 3 "Cassandra" 10
- 4 "The Subjective Necessity for Social Settlements" 14
- 5 "The Objective Value of a Social Settlement" 29
- 6 "The Settlement as a Factor in the Labor Movement" 46
- 7 "The Subtle Problems of Charity" 62
- 8 "Filial Relations" 76
- 9 "The Influence of Lincoln" 88
- 10 "The Snare of Preparation" 100
- Part 2 Introduction: Justice and Amelioration
- Finding Democracy's Middle Way 114
- 11 "Why the Ward Boss Rules" 118
- 12 "The Wrecked Foundations of Domesticity" 125
- 13 "The Thirst for Righteousness" 136
- 14 "Survivals of Militarism in City Government" 147
- 15 "A Modern Lear" 163
- 16 "Moral Education and Legal Protection of Children" 177
- 17 "Religious Education and Contemporary Social Conditions" 196
- 18 "The Chicago Settlements and Social Unrest" 205
- 19 "The Home and the Special Child" 224
- 20 "If Men Were Seeking the Franchise" 229
- 21 "The Public School and the Immigrant Child" 235
- 22 "Americanization" 240
- Part 3 Introduction: "Woman's Remembering Heart": Bread-Giving, Peace-Making, and Sympathy as Political Forces 248
- 23 "Women's Conscience and Social Amelioration" 252
- 24 "The Sheltered Woman and the Magdalen" 264
- 25 "Introduction" (from The Second Twenty Years at Hull-House) 270
- 26 "Aspects of the Woman's Movement" 275
- 27 "Contrasts in Post-War Generation" 294
- 28 "A Review of Bread Rations and Woman's Traditions" 307
- 29 "Personal Reactions in Time of War" 316
- 30 "Address of Miss Addams at Carnegie Hall" (The Revolt Against War) 327
- 31 "Women's Memories
- Challenging War" 341
- 32 "Patriotism and Pacifists in Wartime" 352
- 33 "Friendship with Florence Kelley
- National Conference on Social Work" 365
- Part 4 Introduction: Culture, Character, and the Power of Memory 376
- 34 "Pen and Book as Tests of Character" 379
- 35 "Women's Memories
- Transmuting the Past, as Illustrated by the Story of the Devil Baby" 382
- 36 "Women's Memories
- Reaction on Life, as Illustrated by the Story of the Devil Baby" 392
- 37 "A Personal Experience in Interpreting Memory" 404
- 38 "The Play Instinct and the Arts" 416
- 39 "Need a Woman over Fifty Feel Old?" 432
- 40 "Tolstoy and Gandhi" 436
- 41 "Our National Self-Righteousness" 442.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 449-474) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0465019153
- OCLC:
- 48033001
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