“A strong, solid, scholarly and yet completely readable and accessible book, one with immediate course adoptability.”
―Richard Greenwald, St. Joseph’s College
“In addition to the usual players and locales, Pastorello’s account offers descriptions of rural life as well as urban, business as well as labor, New York but also Chicago and Detroit among other centers of change at the time. It is a complexly conceived, well-written and engaging account of the Progressive Era.”
―Annelise Orleck, Dartmouth College
The Progressives: Activism and Reform in American Society, 1893-1917 presents comprehensive coverage of the origins, evolution, and notable events that came to define the pivotal period of American history known as the Progressive Era.
Using a thematic approach, author Karen Pastorello demonstrates how historical figures – both major and minor – and key events interacted with the larger historical forces that rendered the Progressive Era relevant to contemporary times. Shedding important new light into this transformational period of American history, Pastorello reveals how all ordinary Americans – including previously excluded African-Americans, Native-Americans, and women – experienced the era during the nation’s rapid shift from an agrarian to an urban society. Integrating themes of class, race, ethnicity, and gender throughout, The Progressives offers a concise and engaging account of a fascinating era in U.S. history that forever changed the relationship between a democratic government and its citizens.
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The Progressives: Activism and Reform in American Society, 1893-1917 presents comprehensive coverage of the origins, evolution, and notable events that came to define the pivotal period of American history known as the Progressive Era.
Using a thematic approach, author Karen Pastorello demonstrates how historical figures – both major and minor – and key events interacted with the larger historical forces that rendered the Progressive Era relevant to contemporary times. Shedding important new light into this transformational period of American history, Pastorello reveals how all ordinary Americans – including previously excluded African-Americans, Native-Americans, and women – experienced the era during the nation’s rapid shift from an agrarian to an urban society. Integrating themes of class, race, ethnicity, and gender throughout, The Progressives offers a concise and engaging account of a fascinating era in U.S. history that forever changed the relationship between a democratic government and its citizens.
About the Author
Karen Pastorello is Professor of History and Women and Gender Studies at Tompkins Cortland Community College (SUNY) where she directs the Honors Program. She is the author of A Power Among Them: Bessie Abramowitz Hillman and the Making of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America (2008).
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