E-bok, Engelska, 2010
Reinventing "the People"
The Progressive Movement, the Class Problem, and the Origins of Modern Liberalism
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A comprehensive study of the Progressive movement, Reinventing "The People"contends that the persistence of class conflict in America challenged the very defining feature of Progressivism: its promise of social harmony through democratic renewal.
Shelton Stromquist profiles the movement''s work in diverse arenas of social reform, politics, labor regulation and so-called race improvement. While these reformers emphasized different programs, they crafted a common language of social reconciliation in which an imagined civic community--"the People"--would transcend parochial class and political loyalties. But efforts to invent a society without enduring class lines marginalized new immigrants and African Americans by declaring them unprepared for civic responsibilities. In so doing, Progressives laid the foundation for twentieth-century liberals'' inability to see their world in class terms and to conceive of social remedies that might alter the structures of class power.
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- Utgivningsdatum: 2010-10-01
- Språk: Engelska
- Antal sidor: 304
- Filformat: EPUB
- Kopieringsskydd: LCP
- ISBN: 9780252092619
- Förlag: University of Illinois Press
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Shelton Stromquist is a professor emeritus of history at the University of Iowa. He is editor of Labor's Cold War: Local Politics in a Global Context and coeditor of Frontiers of Labor: Comparative Histories of the United States and Australia.
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"Reinventing 'The People' is the clearest, most focused synthesis on Progressivism to appear in recent years. For those coming to the book from a labor history background, it will most likely reinforce conclusions already made. But for those historians with other specialties, the volume should stir a rethinking of the movement. . . . This is a book that should be read by all students of the period."--Labor History"An impressive survey, analysis, and critique of the Progressive movement that will both inform and spark further inquiry. Highly recommended."--Choice"This book will be welcomed by labor, urban, political, and immigration historians, among others, as a solid contribution that sheds light on the Progressives' attitudes on various issues, but particularly on class."--Journal of American History
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