Title
John T. McNay, Historian & University Professor: In his series of focused video discussions featuring participants in the changes, Evan Barrett has performed a very valuable service to the people of Montana. He has illuminated an era of politics in which the state government really served to make Montana a better place …The series provides information and perspectives that historians and other scholars as well as regular Montana citizens will now have access to for generations to come. (see full statement below)
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Description
Clearly, something very important happened in Montana history during the political reformation that occurred in the 1970s. A new Constitution, a press that was more free than before, a grassroots environmental movement, a more fair system of taxation, and progressive politicians and elected officials who broke out of the patterns of the past, all of these things helped bring Montana out from under the shadow of corporate domination that it had endured since the nineteenth century. In his series of focused video discussions featuring participants in the changes, Evan Barrett has performed a very valuable service to the people of Montana. He has illuminated an era of politics in which the state government really served to make Montana a better place. From journalists, to politicians, to scholars, to leaders in the women’s and environmental movements, “In the Crucible of Change” presents ordinary Montanans telling the story of the state’s second progressive movement. The series provides information and perspectives that historians and other scholars as well as regular Montana citizens will now have access to for generations to come.
John T. McNay, PhD
Professor and Chair
Department of History, Philosophy, & Political Science
University of Cincinnati – Blue Ash
BA, Journalism, 1980 (University of Montana
MA, History, 1991 (University of Montana)
PhD, History, 1997 (Temple University)
(former Montana journalist)
Publication Date
Fall 2015
Recommended Citation
McNay, John and Barrett, Evan, "John T. McNay, Historian & University Professor: In his series of focused video discussions featuring participants in the changes, Evan Barrett has performed a very valuable service to the people of Montana. He has illuminated an era of politics in which the state government really served to make Montana a better place …The series provides information and perspectives that historians and other scholars as well as regular Montana citizens will now have access to for generations to come. (see full statement below)" (2015). Recognitions the Series has Received. 6.
https://digitalcommons.mtech.edu/recognition/6