The Progressive Era - A Reference Guide (Hardcover, Annotated edition)

This fascinating guide documents the transformation of government from passive observer to active participant and ally of the American people during the late-19th and early-20th centuries. The progressive impulse that energized the United States between 1890 and 1920 forever altered the nature of American government and its relation to its citizens. This book was written to reveal the challenges Americans faced during the Progressive Era and to show how their responses helped transform the nation. Combining a narrative on the era with biographies of key participants, significant primary sources, and an annotated bibliography, the topically organized volume offers a lively contextual guide to one of the great turning points in American history. In addition to covering the major political events of the era, the guide provides profiles of prominent Progressive figures such as Eugene V. Debs, Mother Jones, Margaret Sanger, Jacob Riis, and W.E.B. DuBois. Teddy Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, and the National Progressive Agenda are covered, as are the Muckrakers, the African American struggle for equal rights, the women's suffrage movement, and efforts to better the conditions of factory workers. The guide also details the rise of the American Empire as the United States took its place on the world stage. The most recent historiography is interwoven throughout. Offers an accessible overview of the Progressive Era that uniquely brings together a narrative, biographies, primary source materials, and analysis Shares a new perspective on an era that is part of the core curriculum of American history Provides context essential to appreciating the interests, ideas, and individuals responsible for shaping-or restricting-progressive thought and action Acts as a research guide for high school and undergraduate students Includes an annotated bibliography of print and online primary and secondary sources to encourage further study

General

Imprint:	ABC-CLIO Ltd
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Guides to Historic Events in America
Release date:	May 2015
Authors:	Francis J. Sicius
Dimensions:	236 x 163 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	308
Edition:	Annotated edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-61069-447-6
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > General Books > History > American history > General Books > History > World history > From 1900 > General Promotions
LSN:	1-61069-447-3
Barcode:	9781610694476

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