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Reforming Women

…Female Moral Reform Society. Established in 1834, the society took aim at prostitution, brothels, and the lascivious behavior increasingly visible in America’s industrializing cities. In particular, female moral reformers contested…

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The Contracted World

…in America, love, nature, cities, sports, war, and peace are filtered through the imagination and verbal skills of one of our brightest poets. The new poems experiment with form, and

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Steel Shadows

and eclectic style of neighborhoods, combining details of bridge building and steel making with poetry, historical accounts, and stories of the daily lives of Pittsburghers, all set against the backdrop…

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Democracy Against Parties

|9780822946946|The Divergent Fates of Latin America’s New Left Contenders|Around the world, established parties are weakening, and new parties are failing to take root. In many cases, outsiders have risen and

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Industrial Genius

…producer in America. President Woodrow Wilson called on Schwab to head the Emergency Fleet Corporation to produce merchant ships for the transport of troops and materials abroad during World War…

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