Amazing Primary Resource Book

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	• The 1912 Election and the Power of Progressivism: A Brief History with Documents (The Bedford Series in ... Brett Flehinger Bedford/St. Martin's, 2002 - 224 pages average customer review:based on 1 review view larger image
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Amazing Primary Resource Book

I not only had the pleasure of reading the book for a class on 20th century American society and politics, but also took the class with the author. Dr. Flehinger provides insightful introductions to each chapter and organizes the resources in a meaningful and thoughtful way. The documents that are included are by no means comprehensive of the subject (however the bibliography will lead to more), but they are well chosen to support his arguments. Included are speeches, cartoons, letters, and government documents. A must for any serious student of early 20th century America, or just for the history buff in us all.

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Faced with the challenge of adapting America?s political and social order to the rise of corporate capitalism, in 1912 four presidential candidates ? Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, Woodrow Wilson, and Eugene Debs ? shaped Americans? thoughts about their public futures. Their positions would come to frame national conversation over the role of corporations in American life, determine the relation between the state and society that still controls our thinking about market regulation, and usher in a period of Progressive reform. Connecting the debates of 1912 to some of the most pressing issues of the Progressive Era, this volume presents selected sensational speeches, correspondence between these important figures and their allies and opponents, and 12 lively political cartoons. The documents are supported by an interpretive essay, a chronology, a bibliography, and a series of questions for student consideration, including ideas for a classroom debate.

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