A Very Different Age: Americans of the Progressive Era - Hardcover

Diner, Steven J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0809025531 ISBN 13: 9780809025534

Publisher: Hill & Wang Pub, 1997

Synopsis

Discusses the changes of the Progressive era, focusing on the Industrial Revolution and its effects on American society

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Review

"Steven Diner's welcome guide to the Progressive Era helps us understand why the decades between 1890 and 1920 are known as the 'watershed' of American history, and how its transformations formed the basis for changes in our own time."--Kathryn Kish Skylar, Distinguished Professor of History, State University of New York, Binghamton
"Succinct and fluid...[a] rewarding social history [that] is an excellent book for both experienced historians and novices."--"Library Journal"
"A harbinger of a better day for readers interested in American history...Diner writes as a scholar but not as one concerned only about reactions among other scholars. [This work may] indicate not only a closing of the long-standing gap between popular and scholarly historical writing, but also that which has existed in the United States since the 1970s between the historical profession and the public potentially interested in what historians might say."--Ernest R. May, "The Times Literary Supplement"

Steven Diner's welcome guide to the Progressive Era helps us understand why the decades between 1890 and 1920 are known as the 'watershed' of American history, and how its transformations formed the basis for changes in our own time. "Kathryn Kish Skylar, Distinguished Professor of History, State University of New York, Binghamton"

Succinct and fluid...[a] rewarding social history [that] is an excellent book for both experienced historians and novices. "Library Journal"

A harbinger of a better day for readers interested in American history...Diner writes as a scholar but not as one concerned only about reactions among other scholars. [This work may] indicate not only a closing of the long-standing gap between popular and scholarly historical writing, but also that which has existed in the United States since the 1970s between the historical profession and the public potentially interested in what historians might say. "Ernest R. May, The Times Literary Supplement""

Steven Diner's welcome guide to the Progressive Era helps us understand why the decades between 1890 and 1920 are known as the 'watershed' of American history, and how its transformations formed the basis for changes in our own time. Kathryn Kish Skylar, Distinguished Professor of History, State University of New York, Binghamton

Succinct and fluid...[a] rewarding social history [that] is an excellent book for both experienced historians and novices. Library Journal

A harbinger of a better day for readers interested in American history...Diner writes as a scholar but not as one concerned only about reactions among other scholars. [This work may] indicate not only a closing of the long-standing gap between popular and scholarly historical writing, but also that which has existed in the United States since the 1970s between the historical profession and the public potentially interested in what historians might say. Ernest R. May, The Times Literary Supplement

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"Steven Diner's welcome guide to the Progressive Era helps us understand why the decades between 1890 and 1920 are known as the 'watershed' of American history, and how its transformations formed the basis for changes in our own time." --Kathryn Kish Skylar, Distinguished Professor of History, State University of New York, Binghamton

"Succinct and fluid...[a] rewarding social history [that] is an excellent book for both experienced historians and novices." --Library Journal

"A harbinger of a better day for readers interested in American history...Diner writes as a scholar but not as one concerned only about reactions among other scholars. [This work may] indicate not only a closing of the long-standing gap between popular and scholarly historical writing, but also that which has existed in the United States since the 1970s between the historical profession and the public potentially interested in what historians might say." --Ernest R. May, The Times Literary Supplement

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Praise for A Very Different Age
"A harbinger of a better day for readers interested in American history . . . Diner writes as a scholar but not as one concerned only about the reactions among other scholars. [This work may] indicate not only a closing of the long-standing gap between popular and scholarly historical writing, but also that which has existed in the United States since the 1970s between the historical profession and the public potentially interested in what those historians might say." --Ernest R. May, The Times Literary Supplement

"An excellent social historical synthesis of the Progressive Era, with a new interpretation." --R. M. Hyser, Choice

Edition details

• Publisher: Hill & Wang Pub
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0809025531
• ISBN 13: 9780809025534
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320