American ideals and other essays

About this eBook

Author

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Title

American ideals, and other essays, social and political

Original Publication

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1897, pubdate 1904.

Credits

Emmanuel Ackerman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

H: Social sciences

Subject

United States -- Social conditions -- 1865-1918

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 71581

Release Date

September 6, 2023

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.AMERICAN IDEALS
2. 2.Untitled
3. 3.Untitled
4. 4.BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
5. 5.PREFACE
6. 6.CONTENTS. — FOOTNOTES:
7. 7.I AMERICAN IDEALS [2] — FOOTNOTES:
8. 8.II TRUE AMERICANISM [3] — FOOTNOTES:
9. 9.III THE MANLY VIRTUES AND PRACTICAL POLITICS [4] — FOOTNOTES:
10. 10.IV THE COLLEGE GRADUATE AND PUBLIC LIFE [5] — FOOTNOTES:
11. 11.V PHASES OF STATE LEGISLATION [6] — THE ALBANY LEGISLATURE. — THE CHARACTER OF THE REPRESENTATIONS. — DARK SIDE OF THE LEGISLATIVE PICTURE. — DIFFICULTIES OF PREVENTING AND PUNISHING CORRUPTION. — THE CONSTITUENTS LARGELY TO BLAME. — PERILS OF LEGISLATIVE LIFE. — ALLIES OF VICIOUS LEGISLATORS. — THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PICTURE. — SHORTCOMINGS OF THE PEOPLE WHO SHOULD TAKE PART IN POLITICAL WORK. — LIFE IN THE LEGISLATURE. — INCIDENTS OF LEGISLATIVE EXPERIENCE. — OUTSIDERS. — FOOTNOTES:
12. 12.VI MACHINE POLITICS IN NEW YORK CITY [9] — REASONS FOR THE NEGLECT OF PUBLIC DUTIES BY RESPECTABLE MEN IN EASY CIRCUMSTANCES. — ORGANIZATION AND WORK OF THE MACHINES. — “HEELERS.” — THE SOCIAL SIDE OF MACHINE POLITICS. — THE LIQUOR-SELLER IN POLITICS. — BOSS METHODS. — BEATING THE MACHINE. — CONCLUSIONS. — FOOTNOTES:
13. 13.VII SIX YEARS OF CIVIL SERVICE REFORM [13] — FOOTNOTES:
14. 14.VIII ADMINISTERING THE NEW YORK POLICE FORCE [14] — FOOTNOTES:
15. 15.IX THE VICE-PRESIDENCY AND THE CAMPAIGN OF 1896 [17] — FOOTNOTES:
16. 16.X HOW NOT TO HELP OUR POORER BROTHER [18] — FOOTNOTES:
17. 17.XI THE MONROE DOCTRINE [19] — FOOTNOTES:
18. 18.XII WASHINGTON’S FORGOTTEN MAXIM [20] — FOOTNOTES:
19. 19.XIII NATIONAL LIFE AND CHARACTER [21] — FOOTNOTES:
20. 20.XIV “SOCIAL EVOLUTION” [22] — FOOTNOTES:
21. 21.XV THE LAW OF CIVILIZATION AND DECAY [23] — FOOTNOTES:
22. 22.XVI REFORM THROUGH SOCIAL WORK—SOME FORCES THAT TELL FOR DECENCY IN NEW YORK CITY [24] — FOOTNOTES:
23. 23.THE WORKS OF THEODORE ROOSEVELT — THE WINNING OF THE WEST. — THE WILDERNESS HUNTER. — HUNTING TRIPS OF A RANCHMAN. — THE NAVAL WAR OF 1812; or, The History of the United States Navy during the Last War with Great Britain. — AMERICAN IDEALS, and Other Essays, Social and Political. — ADDRESSES AND PRESIDENTIAL MESSAGES. 1902-1904.
24. 24.American Orations — FROM THE COLONIAL PERIOD TO THE PRESENT TIME
25. 25.WORKS ON THE CIVIL WAR — THE AMERICAN WAR BALLADS AND LYRICS. — Transcriber’s Notes

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