Standing at Armageddon A Grassroots History of the Progressive Era

Name: Standing at Armageddon A Grassroots History of the Progressive Era
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ISBN: 9780393331929

ISBN-10: 039333192X

ISBN-13: 9780393331929

Edition: 2008

Authors: Nell Irvin Painter

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"A consistently engrossing, occasionally irreverent, always smoothly written history of America's painful entry into the modern age."Kirkus Reviews Standing at Armageddonis a comprehensive and lively historical account of America's shift from a rural and agrarian society to an urban and industrial society. Nell Irvin Painter will be featured in the PBS multipart seriesThe Progressive Era with Bill Moyers,which coincides with the release of the updated edition of this acclaimed work. 45 illustrations.

Book details

List price: $19.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/17/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 448
Size: 5.60" wide x 8.30" long x 1.40" tall
Weight: 0.814
Language: English

Nell Irvin Painter is professor of history at Princeton University.



Preface to the 2008 Edition


Acknowledgments


Introduction



The Tocsin Sounds



The Great Upheaval



Remedies



The Depression of the 1890s



The White Man's Burden



Prosperity



Race and Disfranchisement



Woman Suffrage and Women Workers



The Progressive Era



Wars



The European War Takes Over



The Great Unrest


Epilogue


Afterword


Index