| Author/Contributor(s): | Rauchway, Eric |
| Publisher: | Columbia University Press |
| Date: | 03/29/2001 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| Condition: | NEW |
The Progressives--those reformers responsible for the shape of many American institutions, from the Federal Reserve Board to the New School for Social Research--have always presented a mystery. What prompted middle-class citizens to support fundamental change in American life? Eric Rauchway shows that like most of us, the reformers took their inspiration from their own lives--from the challenges of forming a family.