Confessions of a Reformer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Howe, Frederic C.

Contributor:

Richardson, James F.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Howe, Frederic C., -- 1867-1940.

Social reformers--United States--Biography.

Local Subjects:

Howe, Frederic C., -- 1867-1940.

Social reformers--United States--Biography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (376 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ashland : Kent State University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Frederic C. Howe lived in interesting times. By education (at Johns Hopkins in the early 1890s) and instinct he was a progressive, in the best sense of that term. From the Cleveland of Tom Johnson to the Washington of FDR he "unlearned" his early predjudices and given values, yet "under the ruins" of it all he kept his idealism.Howe's autobiographical record was originally published in 1925. Out of print for some time, this book is now available in a paperback reprint, offering a new introduction by James F. Richardson, professor of history and urban studies at the University of Akron. Richardson's helpful analysis covers Howe's distinguished career in public life and evaluates his contributions to early twentieth-century America.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Copyright""; ""Introduction""; ""Contents""; ""Chapter I: Beginning""; ""Chapter II: Meadville, Pennsylvania""; ""Chapter III: Johns Hopkins""; ""Chapter IV: Woodrow Wilson-Virginian""; ""Chapter V: Journalism""; ""Chapter VI: The Poor Man's Club ""; ""Chapter VII: My Friends the Irish""; ""Chapter VIII: The Law""; ""Chapter IX: Uplifting""; ""Chapter X: Beer and Skittles""; ""Chapter XI: I Enter Politics""; ""Chapter XII: A Rude Awakening""; ""Chapter XIII: A Ten Years' War""; ""Chapter XIV: Tom Johnson""; ""Chapter XV: Mark Hanna""; ""Chapter XVI: Making Laws at Columbus""

""Chapter XVII: I Throw Away Ballast""""Chapter XVIII: Recasting My Beliefs""; ""Chapter XIX: Pile-War Radicals""; ""Chapter XX: Conflict and Compromise""; ""Chapter XXI: Wealth Without Labor""; ""Chapter XXII: Single-Taxing a City""; ""Chapter XXIII: Leisure""; ""Chapter XXIV: The People's Institute""; ""Chapter XXV: Ellis Island""; ""Chapter XXVI: Business as Usual""; ""Chapter XXVII: Hysteria""; ""Chapter XXVIII: Liberals and the War""; ""Chapter XXIX: Paris and the World""; ""Chapter XXX: Woodrow Wilson at Paris""; ""Chapter XXXI: Unlearning""; ""Chapter XXXII: Working with Labor""

""Chapter XXXIII: Beginning Again""""Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-61277-911-5