Contents

• The critical year of 1912
• Roosevelt, progressive democracy, and the Progressive movement
• The first primary campaign: candidate-centered politics and the battle for the Republican presidential nomination
• "Enthroned on the seat of righteousness": the formation of the National Progressive Party of 1912
• "The Constitution is a living thing": the Progressive Party and the great campaign of 1912
• Back to the future: the Progressive Party’s legacy for American politics