The Progressive Era
- ISBN-10
- 0815621647
- ISBN-13
- 9780815621645
- Series
- The Progressive Era
- Category
- Political Science
- Pages
- 238
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1974
- Publisher
- Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press
- Author
- Lewis L. Gould
Description
Emerging historians inspect the roots, politics, and politicians of American Progressivism as well as the urban and environmental reforms effected during this era. Bibliogs.
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- 2017-07-15
- 106 pages
- Paperback
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