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Made in Newark: Cultivating Industrial Arts and Civic Identity in the Progressive Era

Ezra Shales, Associate Professor
Made in Newark: Cultivating Industrial Arts and Civic Identity in the Progressive Era | 2010, Research Paper

Published book by Ezra Shales, Made in Newark describes a turbulent industrial city at the dawn of the twentieth century and the ways it inspired the library's outspoken director, John Cotton Dana, to collaborate with industrialists, social workers, educators, and New Women.