Author : Brett Flehinger
Publisher : Macmillan Higher Education
ISBN 13 : 1319242952
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (192 download)
Book Synopsis The 1912 Election and the Power of Progressivism by : Brett Flehinger
Download or read book The 1912 Election and the Power of Progressivism written by Brett Flehinger and published by Macmillan Higher Education. This book was released on 2002-11-27 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.