From Progressive to New Dealer: Frederic C. Howe and American Liberalism

by Kenneth E. Miller

Book Overview

A native Pennsylvanian, born in Meadville in 1867 and a graduate of Allegheny College, Frederic Howe dedicated his life early on to the cause of improving society and played a major role in many movements for progressive change from the early 1890s to the Second World War--the period that Richard Hofstadter famously dubbed the "age of reform." Howe was a fighter against corruption and political bosses in Cleveland; a leader in Progressive politics...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271037431
• ISBN13: 9780271037431
• Release Date: June 2014
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 504 Pages
• Weight: 1.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"