Twenty Years at Hull-House
by Jane Addams
Taste attributes: biographydocumentaryhistoricaljournalisticslowfresh & originalheavyrealisticlinearemotive & stirringsocial commentaryempowerment/personal growthhuman spirit/resilience/survival
Boxlist takeA grounded biography that is unhurried, weighty and emotional. Best if you like real life over fantasy.
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Pace: slow · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
About This Book
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.
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- Jane Addams
- Published
- 1910
- Pages
- 320
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