This comprehensive and accessible text is for use in classes on the Progressive Era alone or in a combined class on the Gilded Age and Progressive Eras which many universities teach. It could also be used as one of several titles in the general survey (1876 - present) or in a 20th century U.S. History Survey. Flanagan''s text covers all aspects of the era political (domestic and international) economic and social/cultural. She also incoporates the perspectives of women immigrants and minority groups into the history of the era.