Visions of Progress: The Left-Liberal Tradition in America

by Doug Rossinow

Book Overview

Liberals and leftists in the United States have not always been estranged from one another as they are today. Historian Doug Rossinow examines how the cooperation and the creative tension between left-wing radicals and liberal reformers advanced many of the most important political values of the twentieth century, including free speech, freedom of conscience, and racial equality.

Visions of Progress chronicles the broad alliances...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812220951
• ISBN13: 9780812220957
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"