The Age of Reform Paperback by Richard Hofstadter

Product Details

• Publisher: Vintage (1960-02-12)
• Language: English
• Paperback: 352 pages
• ISBN-13: 9780394700953
• Item Weight: 204.12 grams
• Dimensions: 7.19 x 4.22 x 0.72 cm

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE • From the two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author and preeminent historian comes a landmark in American political thought that examines the passion for progress and reform during 1890 to 1940. 

The Age of Reform searches out the moral and emotional motives of the reformers the myths and dreams in which they believed, and the realities with which they had to compromise.

About the Author

Born in 1916, RICHARD HOFSTADTER was one of the leading American historians and public intellectuals of the 20th century. His works include The Age of Reform, Anti-intellectualism in American Life, Social Darwinism in American Thought, 1860-1915, The American Political Tradition, and others. He was the DeWitt Clinton Professor of American History at Columbia University. He died in 1970.