Who were the Progressives?
Subtitle: readings
By: selected and introduced by Glenda Elizabeth Gilmore ; selections by Richard Hofstadter ... [et al.].
Contributors: Gilmore, Glenda Elizabeth.
Series: Historians at work
Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 266
Subjects: Progressivism (United States politics); Progressivism (United States politics) -- Historiography; United States -- Politics and government -- 1901-1953; United States -- Politics and government -- 1901-1953 -- Historiography
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: PART ONE Introduction 1; title: Responding to the Challenges of the Progressive Era 3; title: An Overview of the Progressive Era 3; title: Historians Ask, "Who Were the Progressives?" 18; title: PART TWO Some Current Questions 25; title: 1. Do we find the roots of Progressivism in the cities; title: or on the farms? 27; title: Richard Hofstadter; title: From The Status Revolution and Progressive Leaders 27; title: "The ferment of the Progressive era was urban, middle-class,; title: and nationwide."; title: Elizabeth Sanders; title: Agrarian Politics and Parties after 1896 43; title: "[M] ost of the national legislative fruits of the Progressive Era; title: had their unmistakable origins in the agrarian movements of; title: the 1870s, 1880s, and 1890s."; title: 2. How much influence did middle-class businessmen; title: have on the Progressive agenda? 77; title: Robert H. Wiebe; title: Progressivism Arrives 77; title: "The heart of progressivism was the ambition of the new middle; title: class to fulfill its destiny through bureaucratic means."; title: Richard L. McCormick; title: The Discovery That Business Corrupts Politics:; title: A Reappraisal of the Origins of Progressivism 103; title: "Actually, progressive reform was not characterized by; title: remarkable rationality or foresight; nor were the; title: 'organizers' always at the forefront of the movement."; title: 3. How do class and ethnicity complicate our conception; title: of the Progressives? 141; title: Shelton Stromquist; title: The Crucible of Class: Cleveland Politics and the Origins; title: of Municipal Reform in the Progressive Era 141; title: "It is my argument that progressive reform at the municipal; title: level congealed in a crucible of class polarization and conflict."; title: James J. Connolly; title: From The Dimensions of Progressivism 169; title: "[M] any ethnic leaders found in Progressivism and its assault; title: on city politics a formula with which to pursue their own ends."; title: 4. How did gender affect Progressivism, and which women; title: became Progressives? 193; title: Maureen A. Flanagan; title: Gender and Urban Political Reform: The City Club; title: and the Woman's City Club of Chicago in the; title: Progressive Era 193; title: "Most works on Progressive Era politics and reform concentrate; title: on men, ignoring women's roles, viewing them only as partners; title: with their husbands or assigning them to the periphery of; title: charity and church work."; title: Glenda Elizabeth Gilmore; title: Diplomatic Women 221; title: "Black women fought back after disfranchisement by adapting; title: progressive programs to their own purposes, even while they; title: chose tactics that left them invisible in the political process.".