Machine-Age Ideology
Social Engineering and American Liberalism, 1911-1939
By John M. Jordan
352 pp., 6 x 9, 36
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Paperback ISBN: 978-0-8078-5736-6
Published: September 2010 -
eBook ISBN: 978-0-8078-7603-9
Published: October 2005
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Originally published in 1994.
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About the Author
John M. Jordan teaches Writing About History at Harvard University.
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Reviews
"Important and compelling."--Journal of American History
"A provocative and interesting case."--Reviews in American History
"John Jordan's intelligent application of language theory to the history of social engineering and liberalism in the United States makes an important contribution to the historiography of both politics and technology. In a new interpretation of 'progressivism,' Jordan moves beyond the history of ideas into the realm of cultural politics. [He] plays the shadow of war against the light of technological progress, and we understand the years between the wars . . . better for it."--JoAnne Brown, The Johns Hopkins University
"With insight and intelligence, John Jordan's Machine-Age Ideology explores how American writers in the twentieth century have grappled with the dilemmas raised by attempts to engineer a modern America. In the process he expands and deepens our understanding of the history of reform, philanthropy, and the social sciences."--Daniel Horowitz, Smith College