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The American Railway, its Construction, Development, Manage - Theodore Voorhees
The railroads of the United States, now aggregating a hundred and fifty thousand miles and having several hundred different managements, are frequently spoken of comprehensively as the railroad system of the country, as though they constituted a unity in fact, and might be regarded and dealt with as an entirety, by their patrons and by the public authorities, whenever the conveniences they are expected to supply, or the conduct of managers and agents, come in question. So far, however, is this from being the case, that it would be impossible to name any other industrial interest where the diversities are so obvious and the want of unity so conspicuous and so important. The diversities date f...
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The Middle-Class City
The classic historical interpretation of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in America sees this period as a political search for order by the middle class, culminating in Progressive Era reforms. In The Middle-Class City, John Hepp examines transformations in everyday middle-class life in Philadelphia between 1876 and 1926 to discover the cultural roots of this search for order. By looking at complex relationships among members of that city's middle class and three largely bourgeois commercial institutions—newspapers, department stores, and railroads—Hepp finds that the men and women of the middle class consistently reordered their world along rational lines. According to...
Amendments to the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964
Considers. S. 3164, to amend the Equal Opportunity Act to increase authorizations, tighten community action program grant criteria, improve agency management program control, and encourage volunteer service in War on Poverty programs. S. 2908, to extend prohibition of political activities by community action agency and VISTA employees and volunteers. S. 3139, to amend the Equal Opportunity Act to reorganize community action programs under HUD, establish community action citizens advisory boards, and prohibit political activities by program workers.
Free Press and Fair Trial
Considers S. 290, to protect integrity of court and jury functions in criminal cases by prohibiting publication of evidence not already admitted at the trial. Examines relationship between constitutional right of free press and constitutional guarantees of impartial trial.
