Daily Life in the Progressive Era [Hardcover]

This book provides a historical examination of everyday life to reveal how and why Americans during the Progressive Era structured their world and made their lives meaningful.

The Progressive Era represented a tumultuous time for Americans as they attempted to come to terms with a rapidly emerging modern, urban, and industrial society, and ultimately the dislocations caused by World War I. Steven L. Piott'sDaily Life in the Progressive Eratells the story of how all Americansblack and white, women and men, rural inhabitants and urban residents, workers and employers, consumers and producerscontended with new cultural attitudes, persistent racial and class tensions, and the power struggles of evolving classes.

This book provides a broad examination of American society between 1900 and 1920. Organized thematically, it covers rural and urban America, the changing nature of work, race relations, popular culture, citizen activism, and society during wartime. Appropriate for general readers as well as students of history,Daily Life in the Progressive Eraprovides an informed and compelling narrative history and analysis of daily life within the context of broad historical patterns.

Series Foreword
Prologue
Chronology
1. Rural America
2. Workers
3. Popular Culture
4. Citizen Activism and Civic Engagement
5. The Progressive Era and Race
6. The First World War and American Society
Epilogue
Glossary
Bibliography
Index