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Now in its second edition, America in the Progressive Era,
1890-1917 provides a readable, analytical narrative of the
emergence, influence, and decline of the spirit of progressive
reform that animated American politics and culture around the turn
of the twentieth century. Covering the turbulent 1890s to the
American entry into World War I, the text examines the political,
social, and cultural events of a period which set the agenda for
American public life during the remainder of the twentieth century.
This new edition places progressivism in a transatlantic context
and gives more attention to voices outside the mainstream of party
politics. Key features include: A clear account of the continuing
debate in the United States over the role of government,
citizenship, and the pursuit of social justice A full examination
of the impact of reform on women and minorities A rich selection of
documents that allow the historical actors to communicate with
today's readers An extensive, updated bibliography providing a
valuable guide to additional reading and research Based on the most
recent scholarship and written to be read by students, this book
will be of interest to students of American History and Political
History.
Now in its second edition, America in the Progressive Era,
1890-1917 provides a readable, analytical narrative of the
emergence, influence, and decline of the spirit of progressive
reform that animated American politics and culture around the turn
of the twentieth century. Covering the turbulent 1890s to the
American entry into World War I, the text examines the political,
social, and cultural events of a period which set the agenda for
American public life during the remainder of the twentieth century.
This new edition places progressivism in a transatlantic context
and gives more attention to voices outside the mainstream of party
politics. Key features include: A clear account of the continuing
debate in the United States over the role of government,
citizenship, and the pursuit of social justice A full examination
of the impact of reform on women and minorities A rich selection of
documents that allow the historical actors to communicate with
today's readers An extensive, updated bibliography providing a
valuable guide to additional reading and research Based on the most
recent scholarship and written to be read by students, this book
will be of interest to students of American History and Political
History.
Demonstrates that the intersection between race, gender, and class
formed the backbone of Progressive-Era debates over sex education,
the policing of sexuality, and the prevention of venereal disease.
Against the backdrop of the Progressive Era, World War I, and the
1920s, sex education burgeoned in the United States through
institutions like the YMCA, the popular press, girls' schools, and
the US military. As access to sexualknowledge increased, reformers
debated what the messages of a sex-education curriculum should be
and, perhaps more important, who would receive those messages.
Courtney Shah's study chronicles this debate, showing that sex
education then, just as in our own era, had as much to do with
politics and morals as it did with biology and medicine. Examining
how different population groups in the United States were given
contrasting types of sex education, Shah demonstrates that such
education was used as a tool to reinforce or challenge racial
segregation, women's rights, religious diversity, and class
identity. Courtney Shah is an instructor of history at Lower
Columbia College in Longview, Washington.
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