The Lost Promise of Progressivism

by Eldon J. Eisenach

Book Overview

Long before the current calls for national service, civic responsibility, and the restoration of community values, the Progressives initiated a remarkably similar challenge. Eldon Eisenach traces the evolution of this powerful national movement from its theoretical origins through its dramatic rise and sudden demise, and shows why their philosophy still speaks to us with such eloquence.

Eisenach analyzes how and why, between 1885 and World...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700611045
• ISBN13: 9780700611041
• Release Date: June 1994
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"