The Lost Promise of Progressivism (American Political Thought (University Press of Kansas))
"Thoughtful and well written, this splendid book effectively links important Progressive thinkers with developments in American political theory today. Taking the Progressives seriously on their own terms, Eisenach succeeds where many others have failed. An illuminating and important work."--James T. Kloppenberg, author ofUncertain Victory: Social Democracy and Progressivism in European and American Thought, 1870-1920"Required reading for anyone interested in how Progressive ideas reshaped political life in the United States. Eisenach reveals how Progressivism gave rise to a new political order by the eve of World War I, one that redefined American identity in nationalist and historicist terms, only to disintegrate in philosophical contradiction and institutional fragmentation. A provocative and thoughtful study."--Sidney M. Milkis, author ofThe President and the Parties: The Transformation of the American Party System since the New Deal"Eisenach succeeds admirably in capturing anew what was genuinely distinctive and transformative in American thought at the beginning of the twentieth century . . . and casts important light on many of the key dilemmas of American liberalism."--Sanford Levinson, author ofConstitutional Faith