The Promise of American Life - Couverture souple

Croly, Herbert

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1482729792 ISBN 13 : 9781482729795

Editeur : CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2013

Synopsis

The Promise of American Life is a book published by Herbert Croly, founder of The New Republic, in 1909. This book opposed aggressive unionization and supported economic planning to raise general quality of life. After reading this book, Theodore Roosevelt adopted the New Nationalism. The book is said to "offer a manifesto of Progressive beliefs" that "anticipated the transition from competitive to corporate capitalism and from limited government to the welfare state."

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Herbert David Croly (January 23, 1869 – May 17, 1930) was an intellectual leader of the Progressive Movement as an editor, and political philosopher and a co-founder of the magazine The New Republic in early twentieth-century America. His political philosophy influenced many leading progressives including Theodore Roosevelt, as well as his close friends Judge Learned Hand and Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1482729792
• ISBN 13: 9781482729795
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 310
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• Personne responsable: non disponible