Reinventing 'The People' - The Progressive Movement, Class Problem, Origins of Modern

Shelton Stromquist is a professor of history at the University of Iowa. He is coeditor of The Pullman Strike and the Crisis of the 1890s: Essays on Labor and Politics and the author of a number of other books.
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Summary

Offers a study of the Progressive movement, its reformers, their ideology, and the social circumstances they tried to change. This book contends that the persistence of class conflict in America challenged the very defining feature of Progressivism: its promise of social harmony through democratic renewal.

Product details

• Authors: Shelton Stromquist
• Publisher: University Of Illinois Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.01.2006
• EAN: 9780252072697
• ISBN: 978-0-252-07269-7
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 13 mm
• Series: Working Class in American History; Working Class in American Hist; Working Class in American History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous