The Promise of American Life : Updated Edition /

The Promise of American Life is part of the bedrock of American liberalism, a classic that had a spectacular impact on national politics when it was first published in 1909 and that has been recognized ever since as a defining text of liberal reform. The book helped inspire Theodore Roosevelt's...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Croly, Herbert David, 1869-1930
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 2014.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Social conditions.
Politics and government.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > History & Theory.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Reference.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Essays.
Politik.
History.
Global History.
Culture and History of non-European Territories.
United States.
États-Unis > Conditions sociales > 1865-1918.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement.
United States > Social conditions > 1865-1918.
United States > Politics and government.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Foreword
  • 1. What Is the Promise of American Life?
  • 2. The Federalists and the Republicans
  • 3. The Democrats and the Whigs
  • 4. Slavery and American Nationality
  • 5. The Contemporary Situation and Its Problems
  • 6. Reform and the Reformers
  • 7. Reconstruction: Its Conditions and Purposes
  • 8. Nationality and Democracy: National Origins
  • 9. The American Democracy and Its National Principles
  • 10. A National Foreign Policy
  • 11. Problems of Reconstruction: Part 1
  • 12. Problems of Reconstruction: Part 2
  • 13. Conclusions: The Individual and the National Purposes
  • Index.

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