Statebuilding from the Margins addresses often overlooked cases of Progressive Era policy shifts in which private citizens and civic organizations forged hybrid institutions and state alliances to ena
Using a rich array of newly available sources and contemporary methodologies from many disciplines, the ten original essays in this volume give a fresh appraisal of Addams as a theorist and practition
Two conferences in 2002--February at Swarthmore College and November at the University of Dayton--explored the legacy of US political activist Addams (1860-1935). A selection of 10 presentations look