This collection of writings by prominent politicians, authors, and activists of the Progressive Era explores Progressivism's role in the development of American political thought.
Parties and Policies: How the American Government Works
In this wide-ranging new volume, one of our most important and perceptive scholars of the workings of the American government investigates political parties, politicians, elections, and policymaking to discover why public policy emerges in the shape that it does. David R. Mayhew looks at two centuries of policy making and offers his original insights on the ever-evolving American policy experience.
The Labor Movement: Unionizing America (Reform Movements in American History)
The labor movement espoused social equality and honest labor through the formation of labor unions. Although groups such as the Knights of Labor and the American Federation of Labor, both of which represented skilled laborers, began to figure prominently in industry in the late 1800s, labor unions that represented unskilled workers did not gain influence until the early 1900s.
This book describes the emergence of ecological understanding among the English Romantic poets, arguing that this new holistic paradigm offered a conceptual and ideological basis for American environmentalism.
The 13th supplement to the series contains biographies and critical analysis of the works of 18 mainly contemporary writers and poets, including Margaret Atwood, Octavia Butler, Stephen Dobyns, Tillie Olsen, Luis Omar Salinas, Terry McMillan, and Yusef Komunyakaa. Each entry offers a critical review of a selection of the writer's work, a biography, discussion of the writer's career, and selected bibliography. An index for the whole series is included. This reference is useful to high school and undergraduate students.
