period of the United States history between 1890 to 1920
On a plot canvas that stretches across the United States and Europe, Daniel T. Rodgers recaps the story of the classic age of attempts to restore the damage of uncontrolled capitalism. Rodgers ponders whether there was a world outside America; he states that if it was, he knew next to nothing concerning it. He was aware of European history, -the ancient aristocracy of rulers, the absurdity of nobility, the ineffectiveness of feudal confrontation- out which America had stepped into independence[1]. A strong-willed challenge to traditional explanations of America’s progressive politics, the chapter by Rodgers brings to mind a forgotten age when the central government was treasured, and when the United States borrowed outlines for creating activist regimes from Europe.
Shulman et, al., defines the period of the United States history between 1890 to 1920 as the progressive era; a period of extreme political and social reforms intended at making advancement towards an equal society[2]. Rodgers maintains that the restructuring of American social politics was of a part with movements of politics and thoughts all over the North Atlantic world that capitalism and trade had tied together. Thus, for scholars and readers to understand American progressivism, the author gallantly maintains, one ought to comprehend the transatlantic world of thoughts and political trials that assisted mould it.
The chapter uncovers the immense diffusion of thoughts, talents and accomplishments that were mind-blowing in their impact and range. In conclusion, the section is a brilliant combination of intellectual and political history. Besides, it is a significant and critical chapter on a vast and vital subject.
Bibliography
Rodgers, T D. American Progressivism in the Wider Atlantic World.
Shulman, Max, and J. Chris Westgate. Performing the Progressive Era: immigration, urban life, and nationalism on stage. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, [2019]
[1] Rodgers, T D. American Progressivism in the Wider Atlantic World. 156
[2] Shulman, Performing the Progressive Era. 12