This is a major work, so dont sidetrack it as just another superficial summary of the years through which weve lived. Richard hofstadter papers, 19441970 columbia university. Hofstadter, whose american political tradition established him as a serious. This format is not eligible to earn points towards the reader rewards program. I concur with christopher laschs assessment of hofstadters critique of provincialism, viz. In this widelyinfluential book, he used the idea of status politics, that is the idea that reformers were motivated by a defensive impulse. I just had the privilege to read richard hofstadters 1955 age of reform, which won the 1956 pulitzer prize for history. 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. In may 1969 richard hofstadter sent his publisher, alfred a. An age of realism by richard hofstadter wherever the real power in a government lies, there is the danger of oppression. It examines the passion for progress and reform that colored the entire period from 1890 to 1940 with startling and stimulating results. It is an american history that traces events from the populist movement of the 1890s through the progressive era ending with the new deal in the 1930s. Shaken at its core, the united states saw the rise of labor unrest, robber barons, racial unease, economic anxieties, and political turmoila changing american identity.
This book is a landmark in american political thought. Preeminent richard hofstadter examines the passion for progress and reform that colored the entire period from 1890 to 1940 with startling and stimulating results. Hofstadters attention to the mental rather than material world of the reformers offered. His father was a jewish immigrant from poland, his mother an americanborn protestant who died when her son was ten. Richard hofstadter was an american public intellectual. Hofstadter exams the path of reform from the 1890s through the 1930s. Age, the period spanning from the civil wars culmination to the turn of the 20th century, represented a transformative era in this nations history. Richard hofstadters the age of reform in 1955, richard hofstadter wrote his pulitzer prize winning book the age of reform, about the gilded age. A critique of the age of reform by norman pollack r ichard hofstadter announces at the beginning of the age of reform that he will present a new interpretation. As always, hofstadter is an insightful commentator, offering an interesting synthesis of a portion of the american pastin this case, the period roughly from 1890 to 1940. He was a pulitzer prize winning author and public intellectual, who after an early career influenced by marxist ideas and subsequently the beard conflict school, became one of the leading figures of the consensus school. It examines the passion for progress and reform that colored the entire period from 1890 to 1940 with. Download pdf richard hofstadter free online new books. The goal of the livingstons 2007 boundary 2 piece was twofold.
His most important works are social darwinism in american thought, 18601915 1944. This chapter discusses richard hofstadters book the age of reform. Richard hofstadters the age of reform after fifty years note. Hofstadters book, more than 50 years old, resonates today. The age of reforms focus on the illiberal side of the populistprogressive tradition inaugurated a sea of change in american historical writing. The paranoid style in american politics and other essays.
Antiintellectualism in american life 1963, and the essays collected in the paranoid style in american politics 1964. The age of reform isbn 9780394700953 pdf epub richard. Hofstadter was the dewitt clinton professor of american history at columbia university. Du bois, black reconstruction 1935 and richard hofstadter, the age of reform 1955.
The age of reform is a 1955 pulitzer prizewinning book by richard hofstadter. Only rarely, however, can it be found in the work of richard hofstadter. Author of antiintellectualism in american life, the american political tradition and the men who made it, the age of reform, great issues in american history, social darwinism in american thought, united states. The age of reform by richard hofstadter librarything. The age of reform searches out the moral and emotional motives of the reformers the myths and dreams in which they believed, and. The populist and progressive movements in this country taken by the author in their largest sense are viewed in their constituent parts and seen as leading to the new dealtype ideal of reform. He was the dewitt clinton professor of american history at columbia university. The age of reform entitles hofstadter to rank with c. The education of richard hofstadter the new york times. Hofstadters arguments about the populist and progressive movements and their origins started debate and renewed scholarship on.
Buy a cheap copy of the age of reform book by richard hofstadter. Knopf, the prospectus for a threevolume comprehensive history of the united states, extending from 1750 to the present. Preeminent richard hofstadter examines the passion. Richard hofstadter wikimili, the best wikipedia reader. Richard hofstadter encyclopedia article citizendium. Pdf this paper addresses the continued association of richard hofstadter with consensus history. What links here related changes upload file special pages permanent link page. Paranoid style in american politics university of washington. A continuing encounter with the progressive traditionthe tradition on which he and most other intellectuals had been reared, as he put it in the introduction to the age of reform, but in which he found much to criticizeinforms all hofstadters work and provides a direct link, for example, between the american political tradition. Richard hofstadter august 6, 1916october 24, 1970 was a historian of united states intellectual history who spent his academic life on the faculty at columbia university.
Richard hofstadter wikimili, the free encyclopedia. Following is a selective list of books by richard hofstadter, who is the subject of a new biography by david s. Click download or read online button to the age of reform book pdf for free now. Richard hofstadter august 6, 1916 october 24, 1970 was an american historian and public. Vann woodward as a master of creative synthesis, as an interpreter of the past who can add to cold data an emphatic insight that transforms history from a book of the dead into a chronicle of life. The critical, conflicted, and elitist liberalism of. Famous american historian, author, and public intellectual of the midtwentieth century. Hofstadter debuted his argument in his pulitzer prizewinning 1955 study the age of reform, and as the cold war drove american politics, on the right especially, into operatic new registers of. The age of reform searches out the moral and emotional motives of the reformers the myths and. Richard hofstadter bio, facts, family famous birthdays.
American historian richard hofstadter 19161970 won two pulitzer prizes in recognition of his leading role in reinterpreting united states history during the postworld war ii period richard hofstadter was born on august 6, 1916, in buffalo, new york. The surge of reform, though largely turned back in the 1890s and temporarily reversed in the 1920s, has set the tone of american politics for the greater part of the twentieth century. James livingston on life and the age of reform by richard. Populism 1890s, progressivism 19001914, and the new deal 1930s. Read ebook the paranoid style in american politics pdf by richard hofstadter online this timely reissue of richard hofstadters classic work on the fringe groups that influence american electoral po. The syllabus listed about a dozen required books, as i remember, among them w. Richard hofstadters the age of reform remains fresh and readable today, even though it was written in 1955. The age of reform richard hofstadter usa online essays. American social service and social action, 19181933 minneapolis, 1963.
His works include the age of reform, antiintellectualism in american life, social darwinism in american thought, 18601915, the american political tradition, and others. Instead of seeing a clear lineage connecting the three, he argues that while populism and progressivism were of the same cloth, the new deal was a sharp departure going against progressive historiography that tried to. From 1942 to 1946 he taught at the university of maryland and. Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Richard hofstadter august 6, 1916 october 24, 1970 was an american historian and public intellectual of the mid20th century. This book is a true classic for the general reader, although in a few passages he commits the mid. His notable works include the paranoid style in american politics, the age of reform, and antiintellectualism in american life. The following two essays are revised versions of presentations made by robert johnston and gillis harp at the annual meeting of the british american nineteenth century historians branch in cambridge, england, in october 2005. Published in the autumn of 1955, the age of reform electrified the critical community. One of the more elaborate documents of the conspiracy school traced the.
He won the pulitzer prize for his 1955 book the age of reform which examined three major reform movements. Hofstadter wrote some of the most influential books to appear in american political and cultural history, among them the age of reform 1955 and antiintellectualism in american life 1963, both recognized with pulitzer prizes, and the celebrated the paranoid style in american politics 1965. Download pdf the age of reform free online new books. Sociologists, of course, still actively engage weber, durkheim and marx, and evenlooking to the american midcentury richard hofstadters columbia. On richard hofstadter by christopher lasch the new. Publication date 1955 topics progressivism united states politics publisher new york, knopf. America at 1750, by richard hofstadter commentary magazine. 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. What richard hofstadter got wrong the new republic. If brown responded to the boundary 2 piece, i havent seen it in composing the piece, livingston used writings and reflections from a number of hofstadters students now historians. More specialized studies have almost neglected the measure.
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