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Visions of Progress

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Description for Visions of Progress paperback. Rossinow revisits the period between the 1880s and the 1940s, when reformers and radicals worked together along a middle path between the revolutionary left and establishment liberalism. He takes the story up to the present, showing how the progressive connection was lost and explaining the consequences that followed. Series: Politics & Culture in Modern America. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JP. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.

Liberals and leftists in the United States have not always been estranged from one another as they are today. Historian Doug Rossinow examines how the cooperation and the creative tension between left-wing radicals and liberal reformers advanced many of the most important political values of the twentieth century, including free speech, freedom of conscience, and racial equality.

Visions of Progress chronicles the broad alliances of radical and liberal figures who were driven by a particular concept of social progress—a transformative vision in which the country would become not simply wealthier or a bit fairer but fundamentally more democratic, just, and ... Read more

Visions of Progress revisits the period between the 1880s and the 1940s, when reformers and radicals worked together along a middle path between the revolutionary left and establishment liberalism. Rossinow takes the story up to the present, showing how the progressive connection was lost and explaining the consequences that followed. This book introduces today's progressives to their historical predecessors, while offering an ambitious reinterpretation of issues in American political history.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Series
Politics & Culture in Modern America
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Pennsylvania, United States
ISBN
9780812220957
SKU
V9780812220957
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About Doug Rossinow
Doug Rossinow, Associate Professor of History at Metropolitan State University, is the author of The Politics of Authenticity: Liberalism, Christianity, and the New Left in America.

Reviews for Visions of Progress
"A fresh and highly learned examination of an essential part of U.S. political history; one that offers illuminating insights for students into the important but frequently neglected topic of liberals, leftists, and the tortured relations between the two."—Eric Alterman, author of What Liberal Media? and When Presidents Lie "Visions of Progress makes an important contribution to historical scholarship by tracing ... Read more

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