The reconstruction of American liberalism, 1865-1914 / Nancy Cohen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cohen, Nancy L.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Liberalism--United States--History--19th century.

Liberalism.

Liberalism--United States--History--20th century.

Progressivism (United States politics).

United States--Politics and government--1865-1933.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (332 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Tracing the formation of liberal political ideology from the end of the Civil War to the early 20th century, Nancy Cohen offers an interpretation of the origins and character of modern American liberalism. She argues that these values and programmes were formulated in the Gilded Age.

Contents:

Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I: Politics & Ideology in Gilded Age Liberal Reform; 1. The Education of Economic Man; 2. A Civilizer's Errand; 3. Progress and Prosperity; 4. The State Versus Man; Part II: Forging a New Liberalism; 5. The American Scholar Revisited; 6. Looking Forward; 7. Mastering Progressive Democracy; Notes; Notes; Bibliography; Index;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-310) and index.

ISBN:

9798890872050

9780807860090

0807860093

OCLC:

476236504