| Description |
1 online resource (144 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Very short introductions series
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Very short introductions.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-135) and index. |
| Contents |
The predicament : the discontent of the Gilded Age -- The crisis of the nineties, 1889-1901 -- Progressivism takes shape, 1901-1910 -- The high tide of progressivism, 1909-1917 -- Calamities : World War I and the flu epidemic, 1917-1919 -- Ebb tide, 1919-1921. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
United States -- Politics and government -- 1865-1933.
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United States. |
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Politics and government. |
| Chronological Term |
1865-1933 |
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Progressivism (United States politics) -- History -- 19th century.
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Progressivism (United States politics) |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
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Progressivism (United States politics) -- History -- 20th century.
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| Chronological Term |
20th century |
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1800-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Nugent, Walter T.K. Progressivism. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2010 9780195311068 (DLC) 2009025810 (OCoLC)326678289 |
| ISBN |
9780199746552 (electronic book) |
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0199746559 (electronic book) |
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9780195311068 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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019531106X (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
| Standard No. |
9786612334962 |
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