Who Were the Progressives? (Historians at Work)

Who were the Progressives? In the first two decades of the twentieth century, a diverse array of Americans sought solutions to the social problems caused by industrialization and urbanization. Because they did not recognize themselves as a cohesive group — indeed, the description "Progressive" only developed late in the era — it has fallen to historians to define Progressivism and its participants as belonging to a distinct period. The 8 articles included in this volume explore who participated in the social movements considered Progressive, what their goals were, what tactics they used, and the degree to which their activity was revolutionary. Viewing the Progressive era as the precursor to the activist state that developed during World War I and more fully during the Depression, the book explores the civic imagination of a remarkable group of reformers who sought to change their society creatively, completely, and peacefully.

• The 1912 Election and the Power of Progressivism: A Brief History with Documents (The Bedford Series in History and Culture)
• The Historians’ Paradox: The Study of History in Our Time
• Gender and Jim Crow: Women and the Politics of White Supremacy in North Carolina, 1896-1920 (Gender and American Culture)
• Bourgeois Utopias: The Rise And Fall Of Suburbia
• America Reformed: Progressives and Progressivisms, 1890s-1920s
• Mother-Work: Women, Child Welfare, and the State, 1890-1930 (Women in American History)
• Reinventing “The People”: The Progressive Movement, the Class Problem, and the Origins of Modern Liberalism (Working Class in American History)
• The Social Gospel in Black and White: American Racial Reform, 1885-1912 (Studies in Religion)
• Creating the New Woman: The Rise of Southern Women's Progressive Culture in Texas, 1893-1918 (Women in American History)
• The Paradox of Southern Progressivism, 1880-1930 (Fred W. Morrison Series in Southern Studies)