Description: Eisenach analyzes how and why, between 1885 and World War I, progressive political ideas conquered almost every cultural and intellectual bastion except constitutional law and dominated every major national institution except the courts and party system
Review Quotes:
"This is an excellent, thoroughly documented interpretation of how Progressive thought transformed American government and politics."--Choice
"An extremely rich and forceful intellectual history of the Progressive period, one that supersedes in many ways other nationalist interpretations."--American Historical Review
"A complex and engaging pursuit of progressivism."--Reviews in American History
"An extraordinarily wide-ranging and meticulously research study, [this book] reveals a ready grasp of many areas of American history, especially religious doctrine and vision."--American Political Science Review