HIST 2057 Chapter : 17-Feb
Document Summary
Reform and progressivism, part 1: the problems of industrial society: Muckrakers- people who are exposing the bad parts of society to the world: the progressive spirit: Herbert croly, the promise of american life (1909)- he says the way to deal with these problems is to increase the power of the states. Instead of giving corporates so much power in order to keep the corporates in check. Frederick w. taylor, the principles of scientific management (1911) - an idea that you can organize a business in a way that it"s going to optimize efficiency. Be as productive as possible but spend less money. Civic reform: occurs kind of by accident when a hurricane hits galveston, the city government people don"t have the expertise to rebuild the entire city. The state then steps in and tells them that they are going to send in a commission to rebuild the city.
