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Ministers Of Reform Book Review

Crunden, Robert M. Ministers of Reform:The Progressives'
Achievement in American Civilization, 1889-1920. Basic Books, 1984.



When a historian is asked to recall what they know of Progressivism does Robert

Crunden's Ministers of Reform come to mind? Is it a useful tool for examining and

interpreting this period in American history?

In Ministers of Reform, Crunden displays his interest through a strong

evaluation and exploration into the lives of twenty-one prominent progressives. He

credits his affiliation, the American Civilization Program at the University of Texas as

well as his surrounding environment, that gave him the extra incentive for writing

Ministers of Reform. As I began to read the text, I quickly grasped Crunden's argument.
Precisely, he states that "progressivism was the climate of creativity in which these

twenty-one people and others who closely resembled them lived. The corollary is that

creative figures who......


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