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Progressives at War: William G. McAdoo and Newton D. Baker, 1863–1941
Douglas B. Craig
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Hardback. Baker and McAdoo, in league with Wilson, offer Craig the opportunity to deliver a fresh and insightful study of the period, its major issues, and some of its leading figures. Num Pages: 552 pages, 10, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJK; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 166 x 39. Weight in Grams: 962.
In this dual biography, Douglas B. Craig examines the careers of two prominent American public figures, Newton Diehl Baker and William Gibbs McAdoo, whose lives spanned the era between the Civil War and World War II. Both Baker and McAdoo migrated from the South to northern industrial cities and took up professions that had nothing to do with staple-crop agriculture. Both eventually became cabinet officers in the presidential administration of another southerner with personal memories of defeat and Reconstruction: Woodrow Wilson. A Georgian who practiced law and led railroad tunnel construction efforts in New York City, McAdoo served as ... Read more
In this dual biography, Douglas B. Craig examines the careers of two prominent American public figures, Newton Diehl Baker and William Gibbs McAdoo, whose lives spanned the era between the Civil War and World War II. Both Baker and McAdoo migrated from the South to northern industrial cities and took up professions that had nothing to do with staple-crop agriculture. Both eventually became cabinet officers in the presidential administration of another southerner with personal memories of defeat and Reconstruction: Woodrow Wilson. A Georgian who practiced law and led railroad tunnel construction efforts in New York City, McAdoo served as ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
552
Condition
New
Number of Pages
552
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9781421407180
SKU
V9781421407180
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About Douglas B. Craig
Douglas B. Craig is a reader in history at the Australian National University. He is the author of Fireside Politics: Radio and Political Culture in the United States, 1920-1940, also published by Johns Hopkins, and After Wilson: The Struggle for the Democratic Party, 1920-1934.
Reviews for Progressives at War: William G. McAdoo and Newton D. Baker, 1863–1941
Craig has done a fine job adding to understanding of the politics of the first third of the twentieth century.
Mark E. Benbow Journal of American History
Mark E. Benbow Journal of American History