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Greenbaum, Fred was born on November 6, 1930 in Brooklyn. Son of David and Rose Greenbaum.
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Men Against Myths: The Progressive Response
( Greenbaum examines the use of use of myth as a means of...)
Greenbaum examines the use of use of myth as a means of social control and examines the corporate mythology of the Gilded Age. Progressive politicians led the opposition to these myths, arguing that government was not to be used to enrich corporations, but to reduce their economic and political power and to increase equity. The progressive challenge redirected government to serve the larger commonwealth and, thus, transformed ordinary lives. Gilded Age mythology, resurrected in the 1980s, restored corporate domination and economic inequity. Through his extensive analysis of the lives of six prominent Progressives, Greenbaum seeks to contravene contemporary mythology. He begins with George Norris of Nebraska, a Republican Congressman and Senator from 1906 until 1942; William E. Borah, Republican of Idaho, who served in the Senate from 1906 until his death in 1940; and Hiram Johnson, who was Republican Governor of California, Progressive Vice Presidential candidate in 1912, and Senator from 1916 until his demise in 1945. These chapters are followed by an examination of William Gibbs McAdoo, a New York business promoter, who was Wilson's Secretary of the Treasury, the leading candidate for the 1924 Democratic Presidential nomination, and Senator from California from 1932 until 1938; Bainbridge Colby, a New York legislator, who supported Theodore Roosevelt in 1912 and was Wilson's last Secretary of State; and Edward P. Costigan, Colorado Republican, who became the Progressive appointee to the Tariff Commission and Democratic Senator from 1930 through 1936. The volume concludes with an analysis of the progressive impulse and contrasts progressive views with resurrected Gilded Age mythology, the new ideas of the 1980s. An important study for scholars, students, and other researchers interested in progressivism and the role of government in American socioeconomic life and intelligent readers interested in ideas.
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Fred Greenbaum
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Education
Bachelor, Brooklyn College, 1952. AM, University Wisconsin, 1953. Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1962.
Career
Lecturer Brooklyn College, 1957—1960, Queens College, Flushing, 1960—1961. Assistant professor history Queens Borough Community College, Bayside, 1962—1964, associate professor history, 1965—1970, professor history, 1971—2000, professor history emeritus, since 2001. Delaware Professional Staff Congress American Federation Teachers, New York, 1975—2000.
Member executive committee faculty senate City University, New York City, 1975—2000. Professional Staff Congress chapter chair Queens Borough Community College, New York City, 1975—2001. With United States Army, 1953-1954.
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Men Against Myths: The Progressive Response
( Greenbaum examines the use of use of myth as a means of...)
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Robert Marion La Follette (World Leaders)
(Book by Greenbaum, Fred)
- Fighting Progressive: A Biography Of Edward P. Costigan
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Men Against Myths: The Progressive Response
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County committeeman Nassau County Democratic Party, Garden City, New York, 1970—1990, candidate New York State Senate, 1984, 1986.
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Married Ann T. Corsini, May 3, 1954. Children: Jonathan, Theodore.
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1952
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1962
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1957 - 1960
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1960 - 1961
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1962 - 1964