The age of reform : from Bryan to F.D.R. / by Richard Hofstadter

By: Hofstadter, Richard, 1916-1970 Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: New York : Vintage Books, 1955. Description: viii, 328, xx p. ; 18 cmISBN: 039441442X; 394700953Subject(s): Progressivism (United States politics) | United States -- Politics and government -- 20th centuryDDC classification: 973 Online resources: WorldCat details

Contents:

TOC The agrarian myth and commercial realities -- The folklore of populism -- From pathos to parity -- The status revolution and progressive leaders -- The progressive impulse -- The struggle over organization -- From Progressivism to the New Deal.

Summary: 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 upon the ideas of the leading political reformers, their aims and techniques, and the combined effect of all of these things upon American thinking.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Text	Dr. S. R. Lasker Library, EWU Reserve Section	Non-fiction	973 HOA 1955 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	C-1	Not For Loan		6113

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Online version:
Hofstadter, Richard, 1916-1970.
Age of reform.
New York : Knopf, 1955
(OCoLC)559544783
Online version:
Hofstadter, Richard, 1916-1970.
Age of reform.
New York : Knopf, 1955
(OCoLC)607730397

Includes bibliographical references and index.

TOC The agrarian myth and commercial realities --
The folklore of populism --
From pathos to parity --
The status revolution and progressive leaders --
The progressive impulse --
The struggle over organization --
From Progressivism to the New Deal.

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 upon the ideas of the leading political reformers, their aims and techniques, and the combined effect of all of these things upon American thinking.

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