Progressivism

by Link, Arthur S.; McCormick, Richard L.

• ISBN13: 9780882958149
• ISBN10: 0882958143
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1983-01-15
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

A 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.

Author Biography

Arthur 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.

Table of Contents

Progressivism in History	1	(25)
Who Were the Progressives?	3	(8)
The orgins of Progressivism	11	(10)
The Character and Spirit of Progressivism	21	(5)
A Transformation of Politics and Government	26	(41)
Progressivism in the Cities and States	28	(6)
Progressivism Moves to Washington	34	(13)
The Decline of Parties and the Rise of Interest Groups	47	(11)
The Transformation of Governance	58	(9)
Social Justice and Social Control	67	(38)
The Social Progressives	72	(13)
The Reforming Professionals	85	(11)
The Coercive Progressives	96	(9)
Epilogue: The Decline and Endurance of Progressivism	105	(14)
Bibliographical Essay	119	(22)
Index	141