The Progressive Era: Primary Documents on Events from 1890 to 1914 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780313320972)

Beginning with an extensive overview essay of the period, this book focuses on the issues of the Progressive Era through contemporary accounts of the people involved. Each issue is presented with an introductory essay and multiple primary documents from the newspapers of the day, which illustrate both sides of the debate. This is a perfect resource for students interested in the controversial and tumultuous changes America underwent during the Industrial Age and up to the start of World War I.

With the death of southern reconstruction, Americans looked first westward and then abroad to fulfill their manifest destiny. Along the way, robber barons built railroads and oil trusts, populism burned across the prairies, currency went off the gold standard, immigrants poured into urban areas, and the United States won imperial outposts in Cuba and the Philippines. Beginning with an extensive overview essay of the period, this book focuses on the issues of the Progressive Era through contemporary accounts of the people involved.

Each issue is presented with an introductory essay and multiple primary documents from the newspapers of the day, which illustrate both sides of the debate. This is a perfect resource for students interested in the controversial and tumultuous changes America underwent during the Industrial Age and up to the start of World War I.

Author: Elizabeth V. Burt
ISBN-10: 0313320977
ISBN-13: 9780313320972
Publisher: Greenwood
Language: English
Published: 04/30/2004
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.64lbs
Size: 9.52h x 6.58w x 1.31d

Review Citation(s):
American Reference Bks Annual 01/01/2005 pg. 213