American Progressivism: A Reader

American Progressivism: A Reader | EXACTLY what I wanted!!!

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	American Progressivism: A Reader Lexington Books, 2008 - 340 pages average customer review:based on 22 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

This collection of writings by prominent politicians, authors, and activists of the Progressive Era explores Progressivism's role in the development of American political thought. Pestritto and Atto provide insight into each figure's influence on Progressive Era American politics by introducing each entry with the context within which the author of a given selection is writing.

Great Read

This book is a fantastic starting point to progressivism. By no means is this the be all end all but it does give one something to cut your teeth on. It is very eye opening to what is taught as American in schools and universities. Be prepared this book is not for the faint of heart and should be studied not simply read. I read it twice and took notes both times. Any one who is in college in a history class (progressive era) or a political science class would do well to add this to your reading list.

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EXACTLY what I wanted!!!

I bought this book because I wanted to know what PROGRESSIVES say about PROGRESSIVISM. This book achieved exactly that. I was completely satisfied in that respect. On that count alone, the book deserves 5 stars. My biggest fear before reading this book was that it would be "a conservative's take on progressivism." I though it may have snippets of this and that assembled to make progressives look really bad. IT WAS NOT. This book consists of complete speeches, complete chapters from books and other NOT OUT OF CONTEXT sources. All the editors did was write the introduction at the beginning of the book and then a short paragraph at the top of each entry putting it in its historical context. So, the review that claimed this was a biased book OBVIOUSLY did not READ the book.

Woodrow Wilson and Teddy Roosevelt played very large in this book. Wilson was VERY dry reading. Teddy Roosevelt was very lively reading. There were many others in here, too that ranged from interesting to very dry. One bonus that I did not expect was some insight into the U.S.'s entry into WWI. Very interesting stuff.

I read somewhere in the other reviews here that Beck recommended this book. I don't know if that's true or not. I'm a regular listener, but I don't recall hearing that. Maybe I wasn't listening that day. Regardless, you can listen to Glenn Beck all day long. From that, you can learn what GLENN BECK says about progressives. Admittedly, not a "Fair and Balanced" view of that ideology. So, I wanted to get the rest of the story. This book was it. (BTW, Beck's picture of progressives is more or less accurate. He puts horns and a tail on them-but...his facts are pretty much right on)

If you are interested in learning what progressives say about progressivism-THIS IS THE BOOK FOR YOU!

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American Progressivism

The book shows in detail the progression of the nation from the small centrist government of the founding fathers to the socilalist direction we are going.

Those who Ignore History are Doomed To Repeat The Past

A great history of Progressivism and when it started in America. Compare it to what is happening in the United States today and see that we are headed down the same road.

In their own words...

When you see the battle today in politics between the left and the right, progressive and conservative, this book lends clarity to the progressive left's side of the argument. In the words of the progressive leaders, you see that anybody calling themselves "progressive" wants to bring down the U.S.A. What do they want to transform it into? Doesn't really matter, what you do know is that they would prefer you make very few of your own decisions in life. The reason for a 4-star rating is I'd like to have seen a link to today's thinking and arguments made a little clearer.

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