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McGerr, Michael. A Fierce Discontent: the Rise and Fall of the Progressive Movement in America, 1870-1920.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
Sept, 2003.416p. index, Free Press, $30 (0-684-85975-0). 324.27.
The progressive movement, historian McGerr writes in this fresh and incisive overview of the era that shaped the America we know now, was essentially a middle-class revolution fueled by a belief in the sanctity of the home and the need for equality between the sexes. The era's vehement campaigns against drink, prostitution, and divorce and its grappling with class conflict and racism were as much about personal happiness and health as they were about social progress, This may seem counterintuitive, given progressivism's involvement with such sweeping social ...
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