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Changing the World: American Progressives in War and Revolution
Alan Dawley
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Description for Changing the World: American Progressives in War and Revolution
Paperback. Focusing on world-historical events of empire, revolution, war, and peace, this work shows how American reformers invented a new politics built around progressive internationalism. It retrieves the progressive tradition in American politics and makes it available to contemporary debates. Series: Politics and Society in Modern America. Num Pages: 424 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; JFCX; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 150 x 226 x 26. Weight in Grams: 554.
In May of 1919, women from around the world gathered in Zurich, Switzerland, and proclaimed, "We dedicate ourselves to peace!" Just months after the end of World War I, the Womens International League for Peace and Freedom--a group led by American progressive Jane Addams and comprising veteran campaigners for social reform--knew that a peaceful world was essential to their ongoing quest for social and economic justice. Alan Dawley tells the story of American progressives during the decade spanning World War I and its aftermath. He shows how they laid the foundation for progressive internationalism in their efforts to improve the ... Read more
In May of 1919, women from around the world gathered in Zurich, Switzerland, and proclaimed, "We dedicate ourselves to peace!" Just months after the end of World War I, the Womens International League for Peace and Freedom--a group led by American progressive Jane Addams and comprising veteran campaigners for social reform--knew that a peaceful world was essential to their ongoing quest for social and economic justice. Alan Dawley tells the story of American progressives during the decade spanning World War I and its aftermath. He shows how they laid the foundation for progressive internationalism in their efforts to improve the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
Series
Politics and Society in Modern America
Number of Pages
424
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691122359
SKU
V9780691122359
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About Alan Dawley
Alan Dawley is Professor of History at the College of New Jersey. He is the author of "Class and Community: The Industrial Revolution in Lynn", which won the Bancroft Prize, and "Struggles for Justice: Social Responsibility and the Liberal State".
Reviews for Changing the World: American Progressives in War and Revolution
"In clean, well-paced prose, Dawley sets the successes
and failures
of early American progressives ... against the backdrop of a complicated postwar world... This is an especially timely book, given the tense state of world affairs."
Publishers Weekly "Changing the World is an ambitious and accessible book... [It] will provide students, scholars, and the wider public with an engaging, wide-ranging synthesis of a ... Read more
and failures
of early American progressives ... against the backdrop of a complicated postwar world... This is an especially timely book, given the tense state of world affairs."
Publishers Weekly "Changing the World is an ambitious and accessible book... [It] will provide students, scholars, and the wider public with an engaging, wide-ranging synthesis of a ... Read more