This analysis of the reform movements in American politics from 1890-1940 reviews: the agrarian uprising that found its expression in the Populist movement of the 1890's; the Progressive movement from about 1900 to 1914; the New Deal of the 1930's. Emphasis is placed upon the id…
This book is a landmark in American political thought. It examines the passion for progress and reform that coloured the entire period from 1890 to 1940 - with startling and stimulating results. It searches out the moral and emotional motives of the reformers the myths and dream…
This analysis of the reform movements in American politics from 1890-1940 reviews: (1) The agrarian uprising that found its expression in the Populist movement of the 1890's; (2) The Progressive movement from about 1900 to 1914; (3) The New Deal of the 1930's. Emphasis is placed…
At a time of tea parties and rallies to restore sanity, the political debate in America has become nothing more than a shouting match of various soundbites. This book offers a refreshing change by introducing both conservative arguments and liberal responses in a dispassionate a…
"At a time of tea parties and rallies to restore sanity, the political debate in America has become nothing more than a shouting match of various soundbites. This book offers a refreshing change by introducing both conservative arguments and liberal responses in a dispassionate …
The Progressive Era, marked by a desire for economic, political, and social reform, ended for most Americans with the ugly reality and devastation of World War I. Yet for Army Air Service officers, the carnage and waste witnessed on the western front only served to spark a new p…
