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This is an accessible book that delineates how progressives and the progressive movement have created the American idea and ideals and forged the kind of country in which we want to live. It creates a platform from which to argue how progressives today are fighting to improve America, in... read more
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“We can solve the immense problems of our natoin if we understand our history, throuw fear and caution aside, and then choose the path that goes forward.”
First Sentence edit
It is the contention of this book that American history consists of one long battle between the forces of reaction and the defense of wealth and power, on the one hand, and the forces of progressivism and community, on the other.
Table of Contents edit
Preface
Introduction
1. The Big Change Moments
2. A Progressive Revolution: How Tom Paine and thomas Jefferson Literally Invented the Idea of America
3. The Constitution, the bill of Rights, and the Right to Think and Speak Freely
4. Civil Rights, States Rights, and the Re-Creation of the Ameican Idea
5. The Battle over Democracy
6. Trickle-Down vs. Bottom-Up
7. The Dream and the Backlash
8. Hope, Fear, and the Culture of Caution
9. The next Big Change Moment
Note
Index
Authors & Contributors edit
- Michael Lux (Author)
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Original Language: English
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Page Count: 256
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- Dewey: 320.510973
Subjects edit
- Books › History › Americas › United States › 20th Century › 1900s-1920s
- Books › Nonfiction › Social Sciences › Political Science › Political Doctrines
- Books › History › Americas › United States › 19th Century
- Books › Nonfiction › Politics › Ideologies
- Books › Nonfiction › Politics › History & Theory
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