{"product_id":"the-progressive-historiansturner-beard-parrington","title":"The Progressive Historians--Turner  Beard  Parrington","description":"\u003cp\u003eRichard Hofstadter  the distinguished historian and twice winner of the Pulitzer Prize  brilliantly assesses the ideas and contributions of the three major American interpretive historians of the twentieth century: Frederick Jackson Turner  Charles A. Beard and V.L. Parrington. These men  whose views of history were shaped in large part by the political battles of the Progressive era  provided the Progressive movement with a usable past and the American liberal mind with a historical tradition. The Progressive Historians is at once a critique of historical thought during this decisive period of American development and an account of how these three writers led American historians into the controversial political world of the twentieth century. Turner  in developing his idea that American democracy is the outcome of the experience of frontier expansion and the settlement of the West  introduced his fellow historians to a set of new concepts and methods  and in doing so doing re-drew the guidelines of American historiography. Beard insisted upon the elitist origins of the Constitution  crusaded for the economic interpretation of history  and ultimately staked his historical reputation on an isolationist view of recent American foreign policy. Parrington emphasized the moral and social functions of literature  and read the history of literature as a history of the national political mind. In recent years  the tide has run against the Progressive historians  as one specialist after another has taken issue with their interpretations. The movement of contemporary historical thought has led to a rediscovery of the complexity of the American past. Although he cannot share the faith of the Progressive historians in the sufficiency of American liberalism as a guide to the modern world  Richard Hofstadter believes we have much to learn about ourselves from a reconsideration of their insights.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44957553164341,"sku":"ByrdShop_0226348180","price":225.22,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780226348186.jpg?v=1770328779","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-progressive-historiansturner-beard-parrington","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}