01627cam a22002895a 4500 15789964 20160405130156.0 090624t2010 enka frb f001 0 eng d 2009025810 9780195311068 (pbk. : alk. paper) DLC eng DLC DLC EG-ScBUE n-us--- 324.27327 NUG 22 Nugent, Walter T. K. 39784 Progressivism : a very short introduction / Walter Nugent. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c.2010. [xv], 144 p. : ill. ; 18 cm. Very short introductions ; 223 Index : p. 136-144. Bibliography : p. 129-135. After decades of conservative dominance, the election of Barack Obama may signal the beginning of a new progressive era. But what exactly is progressivism? What role has it played in the political, social, and economic history of America? This very timely Very Short Introduction offers an engaging overview of progressivism in America--its origins, guiding principles, major leaders and major accomplishments. A many-sided reform movement that lasted from the late 1890s until the early 1920s, progressivism emerged as a response to the excesses of the Gilded Age, an era that plunged working Americ. Progressivism (United States politics) History 19th century. BUEsh Progressivism (United States politics) History 20th century. BUEsh United States Politics and government 1865-1933. BUEsh EEENG April2016 ddc 21589 21561 0 0 ddc 0 0 Modern A. MAIN MAIN 1ST 2016-04-05 Purchase 84.00 229 0 324.27327 NUG 000032285 2025-07-15 00:00:00 105.00 BB