Men Against Myths: The Progressive Response

by Fred Greenbaum

Greenbaum examines the use of use of myth as a means of social control and examines the corporate mythology of the Gilded Age. Progressive politicians led the opposition to these myths, arguing that government was not to be used to enrich corporations, but to reduce their economic and political power and to increase equity. The progressive challenge redirected government to serve the larger commonwealth and, thus, transformed ordinary lives. Gilded...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 027596888X
• ISBN13: 9780275968885
• Release Date: July 2000
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.5" x 9.6"