{"product_id":"progressivism-isbn-9780882958149","title":"Progressivism","description":"\u003cp\u003eA brief, interpretive analysis of the highly ambitious American reform movements from the 1890s to 1917 that shows progressivism to have been a vital and significant phenomenon although there was no unified progressive movement. Link and McCormick succeed in making the events comprehensible while at the same time conveying a strong sense of the complexity and contradictions of the era.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOne: Progressivism in History 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWho Were the Progressives? 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Origins of Progressivism 11\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Character and Spirit of Progressivism 21\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTwo: A Transformation of Politics and Government 26\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProgressivism in the Cities and States 28\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProgressivism Moves to Washington 34\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Decline of parties and the Rise of Interest Groups 47\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Transformation of Governance 58\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThree: Social Justice and Social Control 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Social Progressives 72\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Reforming Professionals 85\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Coercive Progressives 96\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFour: Epilogue: The Decline and Endurance of Progressivism 105\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliographical Essay 119\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 141\u003c\/p\u003e \"In this brief volume, Arthur Link and Richard L. McCormick have succeeded admirably in providing a stimulating overview of the various forces that served to shape the spirit and ideology of the progressive movement. ...they focus sharply on the array of ideological currents that variously characterized progressivism, thus giving it a texture that makes this dynamic reform period in American history much easier to understand.\" (\u003ci\u003eThe History Teacher\u003c\/i\u003e, May 1994)  \u003cp\u003eArthur Stanley Link was an American historian and educator, known as the leading authority on U.S. President Woodrow Wilson. Richard Levis McCormick is a historian, professor and president emeritus of Rutgers University.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Link and McCormick have covered a vast area, compressing much information into a short space with no sense of the scissor-and-paste technique. Students should be stimulated to read more deeply; teachers familiar with the period and the literature will be impressed, perhaps dismayed, at how well the authors summarize in a clear paragraph or two what it takes some of us several weeks to get through in class.\"\u003cbr\u003e –Paul L. Silver, Teaching History, Volume 9, No. 1, Spring 1984\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989873770725,"sku":"NP9780882958149","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780882958149.jpg?v=1761785747","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/progressivism-isbn-9780882958149","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}