Businessmen and Reform
Robert H. Wiebe
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Paperback. In this perceptive, influential study of the Progressive movement, Mr. Wiebe shows how businessmen helped to shape-and were shaped by-social reform in the early years of the 20th century. "Gracefully written, thoroughly researched, and imaginative." -American Historical Review. Num Pages: 297 pages. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 149 x 23. Weight in Grams: 358.
In this perceptive, influential book, Robert Wiebe shows how businessmen helped to shape—and were shaped by—social reform in the early years of the 20th century. The Progressive Era served as a way station between agrarian and urban America: into it came men and women, institutions, and values born on the farms and in the towns; out of it emerged the first practical experiments in social reorganization for an industrial era. Although this exciting, noisy, and hopeful period contained much lost motion, beneath the tumult it contributed lasting changes in American life. In particular, demands came largely from a wide range ... Read more
In this perceptive, influential book, Robert Wiebe shows how businessmen helped to shape—and were shaped by—social reform in the early years of the 20th century. The Progressive Era served as a way station between agrarian and urban America: into it came men and women, institutions, and values born on the farms and in the towns; out of it emerged the first practical experiments in social reorganization for an industrial era. Although this exciting, noisy, and hopeful period contained much lost motion, beneath the tumult it contributed lasting changes in American life. In particular, demands came largely from a wide range ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
Number of pages
297
Condition
New
Number of Pages
297
Place of Publication
Chicago, United States
ISBN
9780929587028
SKU
V9780929587028
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About Robert H. Wiebe
Robert H. Wiebe was Professor of History at Northwestern University. He was also the author of The Search for Order, 1877–1920; The Segmented Society; and The Opening of American Society.
Reviews for Businessmen and Reform
A perceptive study.... Because of his work, historians will have less reason than ever to treat business as an indivisible interest group.
Journal of American History
Gracefully written, thoroughly researched, and imaginative.
American Historical Review
Journal of American History
Gracefully written, thoroughly researched, and imaginative.
American Historical Review