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THE PROMISE OF AMERICAN LIFE

THE PROMISE OF AMERICAN LIFE

by Herbert David Croly

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Author
Croly, Herbert David, 1869-1930
Title
The Promise of American Life
Credits
Produced by Sandra Bannatyne and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team, Produced from images provided by the Million Book Project
Language
English
LoC Class
JA: Political science: Political science
Subject
Progressivism (United States politics)
Category
Text
eBook-No.
14422
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14422
Release Date
December 22, 2004
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.THE PROMISE OF AMERICAN LIFE
  2. 2.BY HERBERT CROLY — New York — THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
  3. 3.CONTENTS
  4. 4.THE PROMISE OF AMERICAN LIFE
  5. 5.CHAPTER I — I — WHAT IS THE PROMISE OF AMERICAN LIFE? — II — HOW THE PROMISE HAS BEEN REALIZED — III — HOW THE PROMISE IS TO BE REALIZED
  6. 6.CHAPTER II — I — THE FEDERALISTS AND THE REPUBLICANS — II — FEDERALISM AND REPUBLICANISM AS OPPONENTS — III — FEDERALISM AND REPUBLICANISM AS ALLIES
  7. 7.CHAPTER III — I — THE DEMOCRATS AND THE WHIGS — II — THE NEW NATIONAL DEMOCRACY — III — THE WHIG FAILURE
  8. 8.CHAPTER IV — I — SLAVERY AND AMERICAN NATIONALITY — II — SLAVERY AS A DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTION — III — LINCOLN AS MORE THAN AN AMERICAN
  9. 9.CHAPTER V — I — THE CONTEMPORARY SITUATION AND ITS PROBLEMS — II — THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE BUSINESS SPECIALIST — III — THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE POLITICAL SPECIALIST — IV — THE LABOR UNION AND THE DEMOCRATIC TRADITION — V — GOVERNMENT BY LAWYERS — VI — AMERICAN DEMOCRACY AND THE SOCIAL PROBLEM
  10. 10.CHAPTER VI — I — REFORM AND THE REFORMERS — II — THE LOGIC OF REFORM — III — WILLIAM J. BRYAN AS A REFORMER — IV — WILLIAM TRAVERS JEROME AS A REFORMER — V — WILLIAM R. HEARST AS A REFORMER — VI — THEODORE ROOSEVELT AS A REFORMER — VII — THE REFORMATION OF THEODORE ROOSEVELT
  11. 11.CHAPTER VII — I — RECONSTRUCTION; ITS CONDITIONS AND PURPOSES — II — DEMOCRACY AND DISCRIMINATION — III — CONSTRUCTIVE DISCRIMINATION — IV — THE BRIDGE BETWEEN DEMOCRACY AND NATIONALITY
  12. 12.CHAPTER VIII — I — NATIONALITY AND DEMOCRACY; NATIONAL ORIGINS — II — THE IMPLICATIONS OF NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT — III — NATIONALITY AND DEMOCRACY IN ENGLAND — IV — DEMOCRACY AND NATIONALITY IN FRANCE — V — THE RELATION OF GERMAN NATIONALITY TO DEMOCRACY — VI — MILITARISM AND NATIONALITY
  13. 13.CHAPTER IX — I — THE AMERICAN DEMOCRACY AND ITS NATIONAL PRINCIPLE — II — NATIONALITY AND CENTRALIZATION — III — THE PEOPLE AND THE NATION
  14. 14.CHAPTER X — I — A NATIONAL FOREIGN POLICY — II — A STABLE AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM — III — DEMOCRACY AND PEACE
  15. 15.PROBLEMS OF RECONSTRUCTION — I — STATE INSTITUTIONAL REFORM — II — STATE ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM — III — POSSIBILITIES OF EFFECTIVE STATE ACTION
  16. 16.PROBLEMS OF RECONSTRUCTION—( continued ) — II — THE RECOGNITION OF INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION — III — THE FRUITS OF INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION — IV — TAXATION AND INEQUALITIES IN WEALTH — V — THE ORGANIZATION OF LABOR
  17. 17.CONCLUSIONS—THE INDIVIDUAL AND THE NATIONAL PURPOSES — I — INDIVIDUAL VS. COLLECTIVE EDUCATION — II — CONDITIONS OF INDIVIDUAL EMANCIPATION — III — ATTEMPTS AT INDIVIDUAL EMANCIPATION — IV — MEANS OF INDIVIDUAL EMANCIPATION — V — CONSTRUCTIVE INDIVIDUALISM
  18. 18.INDEX

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