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The Promise of American Life The Promise of American Life (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.55 — 116 ratings — published 1909
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The Age of Reform (Awarded the Pulitzer Prize for History, 1956): From Bryan to F.D.R. The Age of Reform (Awarded the Pulitzer Prize for History, 1956): From Bryan to F.D.R.
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avg rating 3.91 — 1,987 ratings — published 1955
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Don't Think of an Elephant! Know Your Values and Frame the Debate: The Essential Guide for Progressives Don't Think of an Elephant! Know Your Values and Frame the Debate: The Essential Guide for Progressives (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.97 — 7,319 ratings — published 2004
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Illiberal Reformers: Race, Eugenics, and American Economics in the Progressive Era Illiberal Reformers: Race, Eugenics, and American Economics in the Progressive Era (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.10 — 360 ratings — published 2016
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The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.52 — 120,699 ratings — published 2010
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Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left from Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left from Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.94 — 6,107 ratings — published 2007
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Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America
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avg rating 3.66 — 196,960 ratings — published 2001
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At a Loss for Words: Conversation in an Age of Rage At a Loss for Words: Conversation in an Age of Rage (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.37 — 909 ratings — published
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While Time Remains: A North Korean Defector's Search for Freedom in America While Time Remains: A North Korean Defector's Search for Freedom in America (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.95 — 5,408 ratings — published 2023
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Jews Don't Count Jews Don't Count (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.18 — 13,385 ratings — published 2021
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The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.61 — 26,052 ratings — published 2019
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San Fransicko: Why Progressives Ruin Cities San Fransicko: Why Progressives Ruin Cities (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.00 — 4,594 ratings — published 2021
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Saving Capitalism: For the Many, Not the Few Saving Capitalism: For the Many, Not the Few (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.18 — 5,491 ratings — published 2004
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It Takes a Village: And Other Lessons Children Teach Us It Takes a Village: And Other Lessons Children Teach Us (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.67 — 3,741 ratings — published 1995
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The System: Who Rigged It, How We Fix It The System: Who Rigged It, How We Fix It (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.28 — 3,840 ratings — published 2020
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So You Want to Talk About Race So You Want to Talk About Race (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.48 — 108,857 ratings — published 2018
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The Affluent Society The Affluent Society (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.00 — 3,174 ratings — published 1958
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Rules for Radicals: A Pragmatic Primer for Realistic Radicals Rules for Radicals: A Pragmatic Primer for Realistic Radicals (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.73 — 8,840 ratings — published 1971
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The Devil's Pleasure Palace: The Cult of Critical Theory and the Subversion of the West The Devil's Pleasure Palace: The Cult of Critical Theory and the Subversion of the West (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.69 — 442 ratings — published 2015
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The Progressive Era The Progressive Era (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.23 — 247 ratings — published 2017
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Utopia for Realists: How We Can Build the Ideal World Utopia for Realists: How We Can Build the Ideal World (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.21 — 44,823 ratings — published 2014
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Slouching Towards Gomorrah: Modern Liberalism and American Decline Slouching Towards Gomorrah: Modern Liberalism and American Decline (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.91 — 1,086 ratings — published 1996
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No Is Not Enough: Resisting Trump’s Shock Politics and Winning the World We Need No Is Not Enough: Resisting Trump’s Shock Politics and Winning the World We Need (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.10 — 10,705 ratings — published 2017
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How We Think How We Think (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.87 — 1,053 ratings — published 1910
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American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.03 — 4,894 ratings — published 2007
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Progressivism: A Primer on the Idea Destroying America Progressivism: A Primer on the Idea Destroying America (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.18 — 80 ratings — published 2014
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This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.15 — 28,237 ratings — published 2014
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Democracy and Education Democracy and Education (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.03 — 2,201 ratings — published 1916
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Natural Rights Individualism and Progressivism in American Political Philosophy (Social Philosophy and Policy) Natural Rights Individualism and Progressivism in American Political Philosophy (Social Philosophy and Policy)
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avg rating 4.50 — 2 ratings — published 2012
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Drift Drift
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avg rating 4.07 — 21,259 ratings — published 2012
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The Metaphysical Club : A Story of Ideas in America The Metaphysical Club : A Story of Ideas in America (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.07 — 5,482 ratings — published 2001
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Progressivism: A Very Short Introduction Progressivism: A Very Short Introduction (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.48 — 129 ratings — published 2009
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How Progressives Rewrote the Constitution How Progressives Rewrote the Constitution (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.92 — 85 ratings — published 2006
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The Road to Serfdom The Road to Serfdom (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.14 — 26,908 ratings — published 1944
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The Conscience of a Liberal The Conscience of a Liberal (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.97 — 6,413 ratings — published 2007
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Private Government: How Employers Rule Our Lives (and Why We Don't Talk about It) Private Government: How Employers Rule Our Lives (and Why We Don't Talk about It)
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avg rating 3.94 — 891 ratings — published 2017
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Scorpions: The Battles and Triumphs of FDR's Great Supreme Court Justices Scorpions: The Battles and Triumphs of FDR's Great Supreme Court Justices (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.19 — 2,031 ratings — published 2010
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The Origins of Woke: Civil Rights Law, Corporate America, and the Triumph of Identity Politics The Origins of Woke: Civil Rights Law, Corporate America, and the Triumph of Identity Politics (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.71 — 290 ratings — published 2023
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Live Laugh Love: The Secret History of White Christian Women and the World They Made Live Laugh Love: The Secret History of White Christian Women and the World They Made (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.49 — 696 ratings — published 2026
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Thomas Paine and the Clarion Call for American Independence Thomas Paine and the Clarion Call for American Independence (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.17 — 205 ratings — published 2019
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Supermajority: How Democrats Can Build Lasting Power Supermajority: How Democrats Can Build Lasting Power (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.56 — 9 ratings — published
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The Party of Reform: Democrats in the Progressive Era (Twentieth-Century America) The Party of Reform: Democrats in the Progressive Era (Twentieth-Century America)
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avg rating 4.20 — 5 ratings — published 1989
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The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917–2017 The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917–2017 (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.48 — 39,830 ratings — published 2020
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Standing at Armageddon: The United States, 1877-1919 Standing at Armageddon: The United States, 1877-1919 (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as progressivism)
avg rating 3.89 — 373 ratings — published 1987
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Capital in the Twenty First Century Capital in the Twenty First Century (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.06 — 35,480 ratings — published 2013
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Progressivism (The American History Series) Progressivism (The American History Series)
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avg rating 2.93 — 44 ratings — published 1983
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Practical Radicals: Seven Strategies to Change the World Practical Radicals: Seven Strategies to Change the World (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.24 — 82 ratings — published 2023
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The True and Only Heaven: Progress and Its Critics The True and Only Heaven: Progress and Its Critics (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.33 — 395 ratings — published 1991
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The New Dark Age: Why Liberals Must Win the Culture Wars The New Dark Age: Why Liberals Must Win the Culture Wars (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.15 — 33 ratings — published
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Henry Adams
“the problem of life was as simple as it was classic. Politics offered no difficulties, for there the moral law was a sure guide. Social perfection was also sure, because human nature worked for Good, and three instruments were all she asked — Suffrage, Common Schools, and Press. On these points doubt was forbidden. Education was divine, and man needed only a correct knowledge of facts to reach perfection:

"Were half the power that fills the world with terror, Were half the wealth bestowed on camps and courts, Given to redeem the human mind from error, There were no need of arsenals nor forts.”
― Henry Adams, The Education of Henry Adams

Friedrich Nietzsche
“There is a point in the history of society when it becomes so pathologically soft and tender that among other things it sides even with those who harm it, criminals, and does this quite seriously and honestly. Punishing somehow seems unfair to it, and it is certain that imagining "punishment" and "being supposed to punish" hurts it, arouses fear in it. "Is it not enough to render him undangerous? Why still punish?
Punishing itself is terrible." With this question, herd morality, the morality of timidity, draws its ultimate consequence.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil

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