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bucolic_frolic

(55,840 posts)
Tue Sep 2, 2025, 11:58 AM Sep 2025

These are books about political change and shifting ideologies

Fascinating really, thought the Brinton book is a heavy read. He ponders every point, but what would you expect from a Harvard poli sci professor in the 1930s?

Weinstein is obscure but unravels the Progressive Era, its roots, its co-optation by Big Business.

The Finland Station was written by a journalist and was once de rigeur reading for poli sci. Has fallen from favor.

You made a great OP with a fine subject!

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