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The Age of Reform

Richard Hofstadter

What were Populists, Progressives and New Dealers really reacting to, and how did their ideas about reform differ?

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Author
Richard Hofstadter

Why read it

  • You will learn to look past what a movement says about itself to the status worries behind it
  • You will see how a cherished national myth can shape politics even when it no longer matches how people live
  • You will notice when moral outrage and practical argument swap sides between reformers and conservatives

Who it is for

  • A citizen puzzled by populist anger in today's politics
  • A student of American history who wants an argument, not a list
  • A campaigner wanting to know what drives reform movements

Contents

  1. INTRODUCTION
  2. CHAPTER I THE AGRARIAN MYTH AND COMMERCIAL REALITIES
  3. I . The Yeoman and the Myth
  4. II . The Farmer and the Realities
  5. III . The Frontier or the Market?
  6. CHAPTER II THE FOLKLORE OF POPULISM
  7. I . The Two Nations
  8. II . History as Conspiracy
  9. III . The Spirit Militant
  10. CHAPTER III FROM PATHOS TO PARITY
  11. I . Success Through Failure
  12. II . The Golden Age and After
  13. III . The Vanishing Hayseed
  14. CHAPTER IV THE STATUS REVOLUTION AND PROGRESSIVE LEADERS
  15. I . The Plutocracy and the Mugwump Type
  16. II . The Alienation of the Professionals
  17. III . From the Mugwump to the Progressive
  18. CHAPTER V THE PROGRESSIVE IMPULSE
  19. I . The Urban Scene
  20. II . Muckraking: the Revolution in Journalism
  21. III . Reality and Responsibility
  22. CHAPTER VI THE STRUGGLE OVER ORGANIZATION
  23. I . Organization and the Individual
  24. II . The State and the Trusts
  25. III . The Citizen and the Machine
  26. CHAPTER VII FROM PROGRESSIVISM TO THE NEW DEAL
  27. I . Progressivism and War
  28. II . Entr’acte
  29. III . The New Departure
  30. IV . The New Opportunism

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