Henry George and the crisis of inequality : progress and poverty in the gilded age / Edward T. O'Donnell.

Author: O'Donnell, Edward T., 1963-

Imprint:New York : Columbia University Press, 2015.

Descriptionxxvi, 348 pages ; 24 cm.

Note:Part I: The Making of a Radical, 1839-1879 -- 1. "To Be Something and Somebody in the World" -- 2. "Poverty Enslaves Men We Boast Are Political Sovereigns": Progress and Poverty and Henry George's Republicanism -- Part II: The Emergence of "New Political Forces," 1880-1885 -- 3. "New York Is an Immense City": The Empire City in the Early 1880s -- 4. "Radically and Essentially the Same": Irish-American Nationalism and American Labor -- 5. "Labor Built This Republic, Labor Shall Rule It" -- Part III: The Great Upheaval, 1886-1887 -- 6. "The Country Is Drifting into Danger" -- 7. "To Save Ourselves from Ruin" -- 8. "Your Party Will Go Into Pieces."

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.

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