Disaster citizenship : survivors, solidarity, and power in the Progressive Era /

Disaster citizenship : survivors, solidarity, and power in the Progressive Era /

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"A century ago, governments buoyed by Progressive Era-beliefs began to assume greater responsibility for protecting and rescuing citizens. Yet the aftermath of two disasters in the United States-Canada borderlands--the Salem Fire of 1914 and the Halifax Explosion of 1917--saw working class surv...

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Main Author: Remes, Jacob A. C., 1980- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2016]
Series:Working class in American history.
Subjects:
Disaster relief > Social aspects > United States > History > 20th century.
Disaster relief > Social aspects > Canada > History > 20th century.
Fires > Massachusetts > Salem > History > 20th century.
Halifax Explosion, Halifax, N.S., 1917.
Working class > Massachusetts > Salem > History > 20th century.
Working class > Nova Scotia > Halifax > History > 20th century.
Solidarity > Social aspects > History > 20th century.
Power (Social sciences) > History > 20th century.
Salem (Mass.) > Social conditions > 20th century.
Halifax (N.S.) > Social conditions > 20th century.

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