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Progressivism: A Very Short Introduction
Walter T. K. Nugent
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Paperback. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 160 pages, 10 b/w halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 175 x 115 x 9. Weight in Grams: 140.
After decades of conservative dominance, the election of Barack Obama may signal the beginning of a new progressive era. But what exactly is progressivism? What role has it played in the political, social, and economic history of America? This very timely Very Short Introduction offers an engaging overview of progressivism in America--its origins, guiding principles, major leaders and major accomplishments. A many-sided reform movement that lasted from the late 1890s until the early 1920s, progressivism emerged as a response to the excesses of the Gilded Age, an era that plunged working Americans into poverty while a new class ... Read more
After decades of conservative dominance, the election of Barack Obama may signal the beginning of a new progressive era. But what exactly is progressivism? What role has it played in the political, social, and economic history of America? This very timely Very Short Introduction offers an engaging overview of progressivism in America--its origins, guiding principles, major leaders and major accomplishments. A many-sided reform movement that lasted from the late 1890s until the early 1920s, progressivism emerged as a response to the excesses of the Gilded Age, an era that plunged working Americans into poverty while a new class ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
Series
Very Short Introductions
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780195311068
SKU
V9780195311068
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About Walter T. K. Nugent
Walter Nugent is a former President of the Society for Historians of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era and former president of the Western History Association. He has taught history at the University of Notre Dame and at Indiana University. He is the author of many books, including The Tolerant Populists; Into the West: The Story of Its People; and ... Read more
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