Progressivism: a Very Short Introduction |
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Author:
| Nugent, Walter |
Series title: | Very Short Introductions Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-19-531106-8 |
Publication Date: | Dec 2009 |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $12.99 |
Book Description:
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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. Progressives fought for worker's compensation, child labor laws, minimum wage and maximum hours legislation; they enacted anti-trust laws, instituted the graduated...
More DescriptionThis 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. Progressives fought for worker's compensation, child labor laws, minimum wage and maximum hours legislation; they enacted anti-trust laws, instituted the graduated income tax, won women the right to vote, and laid the groundwork for Roosevelt's New Deal.