Made in Newark Cultivating Industrial Arts and Civic Identity in the Progressive Era |
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| Author:
| Shales, Ezra |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8135-4769-5 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2010 |
| Publisher: | Rutgers University Press
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| Imprint: | Rivergate Books |
| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $62.95 |
Book Description:
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What does it mean to turn the public library or museum into a civic forum? Made in Newark describes a turbulent industrial city at the dawn of the twentieth century and the ways it inspired the library's outspoken director, John Cotton Dana, to collaborate with industrialists, social workers, educators, and New Women.
What does it mean to turn the public library or museum into a civic forum? Made in Newark describes a turbulent industrial city at the dawn of the twentieth century and the ways it inspired the library's outspoken director, John Cotton Dana, to collaborate with industrialists, social workers, educators, and New Women.