With Good Intentions?: Reflections on the Myth of Progress in America

by Bill Kauffman

Book Overview

Kauffman's perspective on progress in America--from the point of view of those who lost--revives forgotten figures and reinvigorates dormant causes as he examines the characters and arguments from six critical battles that forever altered the American landscape: the debates over child labor, school consolidation, women's suffrage, the back-to-the-land movement, good roads and the Interstate Highway System, and a standing army. The integration of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275962709
• ISBN13: 9780275962708
• Release Date: October 1998
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 142 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 9.5"