Progressivism and the World of Reform: New Zealand and the Origins of the American Welfare State

by Peter J. Coleman

Book Overview

In this major reinterpretation of the Progressive era, Peter Coleman argues that the American welfare state had its origins in what he calls the "world-wide crisis of capitalism." Here and abroad, reformers, no longer content to treat the symptoms of distress, sought to achieve social, political, and economic justice by abandoning laissez faire in favor of governmental intervention.

This study thoroughly documents the external forces that shaped...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700603212
• ISBN13: 9780700603213
• Release Date: July 1987
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 262 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.1"