Herbert Croly's The promise of American life at its centenary / edited by John Allphin Moore, Jr.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Moore, John Allphin, 1940-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Liberalism--United States.

Liberalism.

United States--Politics and government--20th century--Congresses.

United States.

Croly, Herbert David, 1869-1930. Promise of American life--Congresses.

Croly, Herbert David.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (165 p.)

Other Title:

Promise of American life

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, U.K. : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

As of 2005, Herbert Croly's The Promise of American Life, first published in 1909, had gone through eleven different printings, from a variety of publishing houses, suggesting its enduring stature as an American classic. The book had an acknowledged influence on early to mid-twentieth-century American politics and political thought. Theodore Roosevelt read the book after he left the White House and, when he decided to run for another term as president in 1912, used Croly's themes in his campa...

Contents:

pt. 1. Herbert Croly's Promise in history

pt. 2. Croly's Promise and modern American liberalism

pt. 3. Croly and public policies.

Notes:

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

"'Derived from a tow-day conference held January 11 and 12, 2008 at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona"--Pref.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-33428-X

9786612334283

1-4438-1172-6

OCLC:

828303037