The Age of Reform
Author | : Richard Hofstadter |
Publisher | : Vintage |
Total Pages | : 352 |
Release | : 2011-12-21 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780307809643 |
ISBN-13 | : 0307809641 |
Rating | : 4/5 (641 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Age of Reform written by Richard Hofstadter and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2011-12-21 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in Non-Fiction. This book is a landmark in American political thought. Preeminent Richard Hofstadter examines the passion for progress and reform that colored the entire period from 1890 to 1940 with startling and stimulating results. The Age of Reform searches out the moral and emotional motives of the reformers the myths and dreams in which they believed, and the realities with which they had to compromise.