The National Civic Federation and the Making of a New Liberalism, 1900-1915.

Cover -- THE NATIONAL CIVIC FEDERATION AND THE MAKING OF A NEW LIBERALISM, 1900-1915 -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 1 INSIDE THE NATIONAL CIVIC FEDERATION -- THE CHICAGO CIVIC FEDERATION -- FROM REGIONAL TO NATIONAL ORGANIZATION -- BEYOND THE LABOR QUESTION -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 2 DEFINING A NEW LIBERALISM (BY WHAT IT WAS NOT) -- NEW LIBERALISM'S DETRACTORS -- DEFINING THE SOCIALIST THREAT -- SURVEYING AMERICAN PROGRESS -- CAPITALISM AS LIBERALISM'S PROTECTOR -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 3 GENDER AND THE MAKING OF A NEW LIBERALISM -- DIVERGENT VIEWS OF AMERICAN WOMANHOOD -- ANTI-SUFFRAGE AND ANTI-SOCIALISM -- PROMOTING WELFARE CAPITALISM -- BEYOND WELFARE WORK -- A NEW, SELF-DEFINED ROLE -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 4 FOREIGN IMMIGRATION AND THE NEW LIBERALISM -- PREPARING TO DEBATE THE IMMIGRATION QUESTION -- PRO- AND ANTI-IMMIGRATION POSITIONS -- NCF'S IMMIGRATION CONFERENCE -- PROTECTING IMMIGRANTS' WELFARE -- ASIAN IMMIGRANTS -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 5 THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION -- TAKING UP THE UTILITY QUESTION -- PREPARING TO STUDY THE UTILITY QUESTION -- FAILURE OF PUBLIC OWNERSHIP IN THE UNITED STATES -- PUSH FOR REGULATORY UNIFORMITY -- MODEL BILL FOR UNIFORM UTILITY REGULATION -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 6 TESTING THE LIMITS OF FEDERALISM -- THE NEED FOR LEGISLATIVE UNIFORMITY -- COMBATTING THE MOVE TOWARD STATISM -- PROMOTING THE VIRTUES OF UNIFORMITY -- NCF STATE COUNCILS -- NOTES -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS -- PERIODICALS AND JOURNALS -- BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS PUBLISHED BY THE NATIONAL CIVIC FEDERATION -- UNPUBLISHED DISSERTATIONS -- SECONDARY SOURCES -- INDEX -- About the Author.

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