The Promise of American Life | What Do I Read Next?

Progressive Democracy (1914, new edition published in 1997) is Croly’s second major work of progressive thought. In it, Croly builds upon the concepts presented in The Promise of American Life.

Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle (1906) is a seminal text that reports the horrible conditions workers faced in meat-packing plants at the start of the twentieth century. It is a staple text for students and historians of the Industrial Revolution and of labor policy.

In Herbert Croly of ‘‘The New Republic’’: The Life and Thought of an American...

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