Progressivism :
Nugent, Walter T. K.
Progressivism : a very short introduction / Walter Nugent. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c.2010. - [xv], 144 p. : ill. ; 18 cm. - Very short introductions ; 223 .
Index : p. 136-144.
Bibliography : p. 129-135.
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 Americ.
9780195311068 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2009025810
Progressivism (United States politics)--History--19th century.
Progressivism (United States politics)--History--20th century.
United States--Politics and government--1865-1933.
324.27327 / NUG
Progressivism : a very short introduction / Walter Nugent. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c.2010. - [xv], 144 p. : ill. ; 18 cm. - Very short introductions ; 223 .
Index : p. 136-144.
Bibliography : p. 129-135.
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 Americ.
9780195311068 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2009025810
Progressivism (United States politics)--History--19th century.
Progressivism (United States politics)--History--20th century.
United States--Politics and government--1865-1933.
324.27327 / NUG