Progressive Era
Pathfinder
Books
320.973 W
Wiebe, Robert H. The Search for Order, 1877-1920.
New York: Hill and Wang, [1967].
353.03 Blum, John M.
Blum, John Morton, 1921-. The Progressive Presidents: Roosevelt, Wilson,
Roosevelt, Johnson. New York: Norton, c1980. Discusses the history and
reassesses the benefits and liabilities of the progressive presidential
traditions of Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Lyndon
B. Johnson.
973.91 B
Boardman, Fon Wyman, 1911-. America and the Progressive Era,
1900-1917. New York: H. Z. Walck, [1970]. Political, economic and social
survey of America from the turn of the century to the start of World War I.
973.91 L
Link, Arthur Stanley. Woodrow Wilson and the Progressive Era, 1910-1917.
New York: Harper & Row, 1954. A study of Wilson's first administration and
the United States' entry into World War I.
973.91 M
Era of Theodore Roosevelt, 1900-1912.
973.91 O
Sullivan, Mark. Our Times: America at the Birth of the Twentieth Century.
Scribner, [c1996]. Chronicles the
social and political history of America from the 1890s to the 1920s.
B TAFT
Severn, Bill. William Howard Taft, the President who Became Chief Justice.
New York: McKay, [1970]. A biography of the man whose many public
offices included the two highest in the United States--President and Chief Justice.
B TARBELL
Conn, Frances G. Ida Tarbell, Muckraker. Nashville: T. Nelson, [1972].
A biography of the woman who pioneered a new style of journalism in exposing the
malpractices of the oil industry at the turn of the century.
R 909 AME
American Decades 1900-1909.
American Decades 1910-1919.
Detroit: Gale Research, Inc., 1996. Timelines and articles describe world events during
the 1900's in the fields of the arts, business, education, fashion, government, lifestyles,
technology, and more. Includes biography of notable individuals.
R 973 A
The Annals of America. Chicago: Encyclopedia Britannica,
c1968-74.
v. 12. 1895-1904: Populism, imperialism, and reform
v. 13. 1905-1915: The progressive era
v. 14. 1916-1928: World war and prosperity
R 973.03 D
Dictionary of American History. Rev. ed. New York: Scribner, c1976-c1978.
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