The gospel of progressivism : moral reform and labor war in Colorado, 1900-1930 /

The gospel of progressivism : moral reform and labor war in Colorado, 1900-1930 / R. Todd Laugen.

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Chronicling the negotiations of Progressive groups and the obstacles that constrained them, The Gospel of Progressivism details the fight against corporate and political corruption in Colorado during the early twentieth century. While the various groups differed in their specific agendas, Protestant...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Laugen, R. Todd
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boulder, Colo. : University Press of Colorado, ©2010.
Series:Timberline books.
Subjects:
Progressivism (United States politics) > History > 20th century.
Labor > Colorado > History > 20th century.
Labor laws and legislation > Colorado > History > 20th century.
Women > Political activity > Colorado > History > 20th century.
Political corruption > Colorado > History > 20th century.
Labor.
Labor laws and legislation.
Political corruption.
Politics and government.
Progressivism (United States politics)
Women > Political activity.
Colorado > Politics and government > 1876-1950.
Colorado.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : the varieties of Colorado progressivism
  • Protestant progressives and the Denver party machine
  • Public enemy : Colorado fuel and iron or the saloon?
  • The Denver tramway crisis and the struggle for masculine citizenship
  • The consuming public and the industrial commission
  • Ben Lindsey and women progressives
  • The Colorado Klan and the decline of progressivism
  • Epilogue : the progressive legacy.

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