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Anglo-American Politics, 1900–1930, in Anglo-American Perspective: A Case Study in Comparative History

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 June 2009

Morton Keller
Morton Keller
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Brandeis University
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At the turn of the twentieth century, a new reform movement rose to challenge the nation's economic oligarchy. It drew its support from an expanding urban middle class and from influential intellectuals and publicists. The party that gave political voice to these interests was led by a popular leader no ted for his vague but alluring rhetoric. He made skillful use of the press and of his party machinery. He and his followers sought to control large economic interests (an important railroad regulation law was passed in 1907) and to democratize the machinery of government (a major electoral reform law was passed in 1912).

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Comparing Nations
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Comparative Studies in Society and History , Volume 22 , Issue 3 , July 1980 , pp. 458 - 477
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Copyright © Society for the Comparative Study of Society and History 1980

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