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Progressive Inequality: Rich and Poor in New York, 1890-1920 - Huyssen, David
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The Progressive Era has been seen as a seismic event that reduced the gulf between America's rich and poor. Progressive Inequality cuts against the grain of this view, showing how initiatives in charity, organized labor, and housing reform backfired, reinforcing class biases, especially the notion that wealth derives from individual merit.

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Progressive Inequality: Rich and Poor in New York, 1890-1920 2014, Harvard University Press, Cambridge

ISBN-13: 9780674281400

Hardcover