Download or read book The Income Tax and the Progressive Era written by John D. Buenker and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-06-28 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, first published in 1985, investigates the enactment of the federal income tax as a case study of an important Progressive Era reform. It was a critical issue that likely divided people along socioeconomic lines, thus helping to provide insight into the debate over the ‘class origins’ of the reformist movement.