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Overview
"Coleman thoroughly explores an aspect of the American Progressive movement that has not received the scholarly attention it deserves. . . . This book will appeal not only to historians of the period but also to comparative historians and to sociologists and political scientists who are interested in the rise of the welfare state in the western world. . . . A significant work."—Arthur Mann, author of The One and the Many: Reflections on the American Identity"This painstaking study of reform movements in New Zealand and the United States focuses on the evolution of two forms of the modern welfare state. Coleman's argument is not that twentieth-century American progressivism derived from the Antipodean connection, but that progressivism takes on added significance when set in an international context. Published now, at a time of significant change in the global economy, this book provides an important part of the background needed to understand problems confronting the United States in the world today."—Paul W. Glad, author of Progressive Century
"From awesome research in primary sources, Coleman demonstrates that New Zealand reforms had a considerable impact upon American reformers. . . . He summarizes and interprets the movement in a fresh way. . . . An excellent synthesis."—Forrest McDonald, author of Novus Ordo Seclorum: The Intellectual Origins of the Constitution
Author Biography: Peter J. Coleman, a native of New Zealand, is professor of history at the University of Illinois at Chicago. In addition to articles on New Zealand and American history in the Journal of American History, Wilson Quarterly, and numerous other journals, he has also written books on Rhode Island and debtors and creditors in America.