TWENTY YEARS AT HULL HOUSE: With Autobiographical Notes. With Illustrations by Norah Hamilton
by ADDAMS, Jane
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Classic autobiography by this great lady who invented settlement houses, and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. A "faithful record of the years since the autumn of 1889 when without any preconceived social theories or economic views, I came to live in an industrial district of Chicago - Preface." Color cover plate by Frank Hazenplug, Twelve plates, including 9 drawings by Norah Hamilton; textual illustrations including 4 photographs by Lewis W. Hine. [ CHICAGO BY THE BOOK 101 Publications That Shaped The City and Its Image, 30 ]
Synopsis
Jane Addams's narrative of life in an immigrant urban neighborhood provides students with an introduction to the issues of the Progressive era and the tenets of social activism. This new teaching edition reduces Addams's original text by about 35 percent, trimming illustrative detail to focus on the ideological underpinnings of the original work. The author sketches a brief biographical portrait of Addams, outlines the decisions and convictions that led her to found Hull-House, and includes a vivid picture of turn-of-the-century Chicago. Related documents include a description of life at Hull-House from the perspective of an immigrant who frequented it, an early review of Hull-House, and perspectives from other reformers.
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- Bookseller
- Thomas J. Joyce And Company (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2020272
- Title
- TWENTY YEARS AT HULL HOUSE
- Author
- ADDAMS, Jane
- Illustrator
- Norah Hamilton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First printing
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1910
- Keywords
- Lincoln, Jane Addams, Nobel Prize, Lewis W. Hine, Norah Hamilton, settlement houses, Chicago, social work, Tolstoy, Russia, alice kellogg tyler
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- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women;
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