I hereby take it back that RENDEZVOUS WITH DESTINY takes place from the
time of the American Revolution on, because these write-ups say
differently, but how could you not want to read it--whatever your
politics.
I read it many years ago--assigned in a U.S. history course--in a brief
enjoyable time as I vaguely recall: Note: FDR was sort of my childhood
hero, as I was born in 1944, and my political bias thus obviously has
to do with this touting.
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Bancroft Prize Winner for History, April 21, 2004
Reviewer: A reader
This book won the Bancroft Prize for History in 1953 and gives a vivid
account of the reform movements - and the reasons for reform - from the
Civil War, through Teddy Roosevelt, through Woodrow Wilson, to the
culmination in the New Deal.
I thought it was a blur of liberal activists - name after name - but it
presents the history of the different problems America faced during
these times and the very different movements - and activists - for
reform. The book explains much about how today's modern economy and
society emerged. The Progressive Era (Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow
Wilson) was probably the most im****tant, and is a large focus of the
book, as that was the time when the biggest problems were confronted,
which created the foundation for the New Deal.
I found these more extensive publisher comments on the web:
Publisher Comments:
In one of the most brilliant and dramatic historical narratives ever
written about the American experience, Eric Goldman tells a story of
the men and women who have been the stuff of American reform. Beginning
in the years after the Civil War, when our tradition of dissent was
fueled by industrialization and urbanization, he deals not with
theories but with the lives of the dissenters, Populist and
Progressive, with their political organization and schemes, their
popular sup****t, the newspapers and newspapermen who controlled them or
followed them, the several dramatic flood tides of reform, and the
subsequent ebbing. Mr. Goldman has the gift of personal ****traiture; by
returning directly to men and events, he shows that reform groups have
often been patched-up alliances of planners and libertarians,
centralizers and decentralizers. The tradition of freedom and the
tradition of welfare - both passing as liberal - haphazardly merged in
the New Deal, where only Franklin Roosevelt's political skill held them
together.
Robert Cohen wrote:
> uncopyrighted laudatories & touts & sales spiels & shameless promos
>
> Editorial Reviews
>
> New York Times
> One of the most learned, one of the most enlightened...one of the
> best-written historical works in a long time.
>
> New Yorker
> The author stops the action occasionally to insert brilliant sketches
> of the leading actors...and illuminates his story with anecdotes.
>
> Christian Science Monitor
> A remarkably flavorful history...straight from the teeming sources.
>
> Book Description
> A story of the wise and the shortsighted, the bold and the timid, the
> generous and the grasping men and women who have been the stuff
>
>
> Robert Cohen wrote:
> > Eric Goldman, RENDEZVOUS WITH DESTINY, who explains that FDR
liberalism
> > isn't half as bad & unprecedented as it has been distortingly trashed
> > as.
> >
> >
> >
> > roach wrote:
> > > "Patriots, The Men who Started the Revolution"
> > >
> > > Arptro wrote:
> > > > Every year around the fourth of July I like to read a book on
American
> > > > Revolutionary history. Some titles I've read the past few years
and
> > > > liked are "Founding Fathers", "The Long Fuse", "What Kind of
Nation."
> > > >
> > > > Works aimed at academics rather than a popular audience are fine
with
> > > > me, too. I'm interested in the battles to define policy and the
new
> > > > nation more than I am interested in actual battles. The era's
culture
> > > > is also interesting to me.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for any recommendations,
> > > > Robert
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