Progressive Revolution How the Best in America Came to Be

Name: Progressive Revolution How the Best in America Came to Be
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ISBN: 9780470395110

ISBN-10: 0470395117

ISBN-13: 9780470395110

Edition: 2009

Authors: Michael Lux

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This is an accessible book that delineates how progressives and the progressive movement have created the American idea and ideals and forged the kind of country in which we want to live. It creates a platform from which to argue how progressives today are fighting to improve America, in contrast to how conservatives have always worked to defend the interests of elites. Each chapter will tell the reader a story focusing on different subjects, such as efforts to enact civil rights laws, social security, the middle class, how the idea of America changed the world, and why most of us can vote. Lux points out what he feels the Democrats have done wrong during the last decades and how the…

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List price: $25.95
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Canada, Limited
Publication date: 1/1/2009
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

Dedication. Preface. Introduction. 1. The Big Change Moments in American History. 2. A Progressive Revolution: How Tom Paine and Thomas Jefferson. Literally Invented the Idea of America. 3. The Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and the Right to Think and Speak Freely 4. Civil Rights, States' Rights, and the Re-Creation of the American Idea. 5. The Battle Over Democracy. 6. Trickle-down versus Bottom-up. 7. The Dream and the Backlash. 8. Hope, Fear, and the Culture of Caution. 9. The Next Big Change Moment. Notes. Index.