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Altgeld's America

Ray Ginger

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Description:The "America" of this excellent book by the author of Six Days or Forever?, the story of the Scopes trial, is actually Chicago, for with John Peter Altgeld, social reformer & Governor of Illinois, as his protagonist & the Haymarket bomb of 1886 as his catalytic agent he tells the story of Chicago's political & social history in the late 19th century, its fabulous wealth & incredible poverty, its strikes, its luxury & its crusading reformers: Altgeld, Clarence Darrow, the women of Hull House & many others. By the 1880's the "Lincoln morality" of earlier years had given way to the morality of success; compassion was forgotten in desire for wealth. In Chicago, blatant, vigorous, booming, restless, this was particularly true. Labor conditions were appalling, sweatshops were almost universal, child labor was a sickening sore & men injured at their jobs were thrown into the street. Against this background the Haymarket bomb, hurled during a strike at the McCormick plant, exploded with a violence that shook all America & brought to the fore such men as Altgeld, Darrow & Judge Gary who tried the alleged rioters, denying them constitutional rights, hanging some of them & sentencing others to life imprisonment, verdicts questioned by many. Altgeld, a fighter noted for his reforms who had already set his mark on Chicago's social history, was in 1892 elected Governor of Illinois & pardoned the rioters, an act which brought him defeat at the hands of Gary. He died, still fighting for reform, in 1902. Excellently documented, tautly written & highly readable, this book is an invaluable contribution to the literature of America's social & political development & philosophy. It's a must for college & public libraries & for students of social history.--KirkusWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Altgeld's America. To get started finding Altgeld's America, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 376

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ISBN: 0531064484

Description: The "America" of this excellent book by the author of Six Days or Forever?, the story of the Scopes trial, is actually Chicago, for with John Peter Altgeld, social reformer & Governor of Illinois, as his protagonist & the Haymarket bomb of 1886 as his catalytic agent he tells the story of Chicago's political & social history in the late 19th century, its fabulous wealth & incredible poverty, its strikes, its luxury & its crusading reformers: Altgeld, Clarence Darrow, the women of Hull House & many others. By the 1880's the "Lincoln morality" of earlier years had given way to the morality of success; compassion was forgotten in desire for wealth. In Chicago, blatant, vigorous, booming, restless, this was particularly true. Labor conditions were appalling, sweatshops were almost universal, child labor was a sickening sore & men injured at their jobs were thrown into the street. Against this background the Haymarket bomb, hurled during a strike at the McCormick plant, exploded with a violence that shook all America & brought to the fore such men as Altgeld, Darrow & Judge Gary who tried the alleged rioters, denying them constitutional rights, hanging some of them & sentencing others to life imprisonment, verdicts questioned by many. Altgeld, a fighter noted for his reforms who had already set his mark on Chicago's social history, was in 1892 elected Governor of Illinois & pardoned the rioters, an act which brought him defeat at the hands of Gary. He died, still fighting for reform, in 1902. Excellently documented, tautly written & highly readable, this book is an invaluable contribution to the literature of America's social & political development & philosophy. It's a must for college & public libraries & for students of social history.--KirkusWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Altgeld's America. To get started finding Altgeld's America, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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