The Promise of American Life

Croly, Herbert

ISBN 10: 1482729792 / ISBN 13: 9781482729795

Editore: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2013

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Riassunto:

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."

Informazioni sull'autore: 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.

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Titolo: The Promise of American Life
Casa editrice: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Data di pubblicazione: 2013
Legatura: Brossura
Condizione: Good