The Age ofReform Author:Richard Hofstadter This book is a landmark in American political thought. It examines the paassion for tha progress and reform that colored the entire period fron 1890 to 1940 - with startling and stimulating results. It searches out the moral and emotional motives of the reformers, the myths and dreams in which they belived, and the realities with which they ha... more »d to compromise.« less