| The Jane Addams Reader Contributor(s): Elshtain, Jean Bethke (Author) |
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ISBN: 0465019153 ISBN-13: 9780465019151 Publisher: Basic Books OUR PRICE: $24.69 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2001 Annotation: This unique collection of writings by the great social reformer-edited by the author of Jane Addams and the Dream of American Democracy-reveals the essential Jane Addams. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Essays - Social Science | Human Services - Social Science | Philanthropy & Charity |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2001043839 |
| Physical Information: 1.36" H x 6" W x 9.04" (1.77 lbs) 528 pages |
| Themes: - Demographic Orientation - Urban - Geographic Orientation - Illinois - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Cultural Region - Midwest - Cultural Region - Upper Midwest |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Jane Addams was a prolific and elegant writer. Her twelve books consist largely of published essays, but to appreciate her life work one must also read her previously uncollected speeches and editorials. This artfully compiled collection begins with Addams's youthful Junior Class Oration on women as Breadgivers, features thoughtful examinations of topics as diverse as Tolstoy and Gandhi and The Public School and the Immigrant Child, and even includes popular essays on The Subtle Problems of Charity, from The Atlantic Monthly, and Need a Woman Over Fifty Feel Old? from Ladies' Home Journal. Along with the writings themselves, Elshtain's insightful commentary offers powerful evidence of Addams's remarkable ability to frame social problems in an ethical context, her unwillingness to succumb to ideological dogma, her political courage, and her lifelong devotion to civic and moral life. |
