The Tyranny of Change: America in the Progressive Era, 1890-1920 - Softcover

Chambers II, John Whiteclay

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0813527996 ISBN 13: 9780813527994

Publisher: Rutgers University Press, 2000

Synopsis

Between 1890 and 1920, the forces accompanying industrialization sent the familiar 19th century world plummeting toward extinction. The traditional countryside with its villages and family farms was eclipsed by giant corporations and sprawling cities. In this book, the author incorporates the social, cultural, political and economic changes which produced modern America. He illuminates the experiences of blacks, Asians, Latinos, as well as other working men and women in the cities and countryside as they struggled to improve their lives in a transformed economy. This book contains many of the prominent individuals who shaped the attitudes and institutions of modern America: Jane Addams and the origin of modern social work; and the radical labour challenge of ""Big Bill"" Haywood and the ""Wobblies"". While recognizing a ""progressive ethos"" which dominated the mainstream reforms that characterized the period. The author eaborates the role of civic volunteerism as well as the state in achieving directed social change. He also emphasizes the importance of radical and conservative political forces in shaping the so-called ""progressive era"".

About this title

Product Description:

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About the Author:

John Whiteclay Chambers II is professor of history at Rutgers University. He recently co-edited The New Conscientious Objection and is the author of To Raise an Army: The Draft Comes to Modern America

About this edition

• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0813527996
• ISBN 13: 9780813527994
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 350