Seeking the One Great Remedy: Francis George Shaw and Nineteenth-Century Reform

by Lorien Foote

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A Radical Abolitionist And Early Feminist, Francis George Shaw (1809-1882) was a prominent figure in American reform and intellectual circles for five decades. He rejected capitalism in favor of a popular utopian socialist movement; during the Civil War and Reconstruction, he applied his radical principles to the Northern war effort and to freedmen's organizations. A partnership with Henry George in the late 1870s provided an international audience for Shaw's alternative vision of society. Seeking the One Great Remedy is the biography of this remarkable and influential man. In compelling detail, author Lorien Foote depicts the many aspects and exploits...Read more
  • ISBN10 0821414992
  • ISBN13 9780821414996
  • Publish Date 6 October 2003
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Ohio University Press
  • Edition 1
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 248
  • Language English