Progressivism : a very short introduction /
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 o...
| Основен автор: | Nugent, Walter T. K. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
℗♭2010.
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| Серия: |
Very short introductions.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=298398 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Progressivism. |
| Резюме: |
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. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (144 pages). |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-135) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780199746552 0199746559 9780195311068 019531106X |