Tuesday, January 26, 2010

In chapter 11 of Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States, who were some of the reform-minded authors who protested?

Chapter 11 of
this book mentions numerous authors who advocated reform.

The first two
mentioned are Matthew Josephson and Joel Spring. The former criticized President Benjamin
Harrison, and the latter decried " the development of a factory-like system" of
education.

Henry George wrote Progress and Poverty
(1879). Many readers, suffering from the economic depression of 1873, welcomed his
call for reform. His book was popular and was translated into many languages. George called for
"equality of opportunity" for all people.

Edward Bellamy authored
Looking Backward (1888). This book predicted a socialist utopia in the
country by 2000. Bellamy espoused the nationalization of public services. His ideas influenced
the platform of the Populist Party in 1892. His book was also read by the socialist Eugene
Debs.

Novelist Bret Harte decried violence against Chinese in an obituary he
wrote for one Chinese person who was murdered. Chinese immigrants had been an important factor
in building the railroads....

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