The Social Anxieties of Progressive Reform: Atlantic City, 1854-1920

by Martin Paulsson

Book Overview

Tracing the evolution of Atlantic City from a miserable hamlet of fishermen's huts in 1854 to the nation's premier seaside resort in 1910, The Social Anxieties of Progressive Reform chronicles a bizarre political conflict that reaches to the very heart of Progressivism.
Operating outside of the traditional constraints of family, church, and community, commercial recreation touched the rawest nerves of the reform impulse. The sight of young...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814766439
• ISBN13: 9780814766439
• Release Date: October 1996
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.8"