Standing at Armageddon - A Grassroots History of the Progressive Era

Standing at Armageddon is a comprehensive and lively historical account of America's shift from a rural and agrarian society to an urban and industrial society. Nell Irvin Painter will be featured in the PBS multipart series The Progressive Era with Bill Moyers, which coincides with the release of the updated edition of this acclaimed work.

About the author

Nell Irvin Painter is the award-winning author of many books, including Standing at Armageddon and The History of White People. She is the Edwards Professor of American History, Emerita, at Princeton University and lives in East Orange, New Jersey, and the Adirondacks.

Summary

"A consistently engrossing, occasionally irreverent, always smoothly written history of America's painful entry into the modern age."—Kirkus Reviews

Product details

• Authors: Nell I. Painter, Nell Irvin Painter, Nell Irvin (Princeton University) Painter
• Publisher: Norton
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2008
• EAN: 9780393331929
• ISBN: 978-0-393-33192-9
• No. of pages: 448
• Weight: 562 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education