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1910. Contents: What is the Promise of American Life?; The
Federalists and the Republicans; The Democrats and the Whigs;
Slavery and American Nationality; The Contemporary Situation;
Reform and the Reformers; Reconstruction; Its Conditions and
Purposes; Nationality and Democracy; The American Democracy and Its
National Principle; A National Foreign Policy; Problems or
Reconstruction-Part I.; Problems or Reconstruction-Part II.; and
Conclusions-The Individual and the National Purpose.
Originally published in 1909. Author: Herbert Croly Language:
English Keywords: History Many of the earliest books, particularly
those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce
and increasingly expensive. Obscure Press are republishing these
classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using
the original text and artwork.
The Promise of American Life was first published in 1909. It had an
immediate and extensive influence on what social historians call
the Progressive Era. At the dawn of the New Deal Era, Felix
Frankfurter wrote that Croly's book became "a reservoir for all
political writings after its publication. Roosevelt's New
Nationalism was countered by Wilson's New Freedom, but both derived
from Croly." While this may have been hyperbole, it is also a
reflection of the impact The Promise made on intellectuals coming
of age in the days of doubt and hope just before the Fust World
War. Arthur Schlesinger Jr., calls this book "a substantive and
sensitive essay on the American political experience, worth
examination not just for historical reasons but on its continuing
merits as a diagnosis of the American condition." Croly himself
summarizes the work thus: "From the beginning the land of democracy
has been figured as the land of promise. The American's loyalty to
the national tradition rather affirms than denies the imaginative
projection of a better future." Croly's book can be viewed as both
an affirmation and critique of how the idea of progress works its
way out in American life. And reading it at the end of the century
only reaffirms one's sense of appreciation of the American
tradition as a whole. The technology and science may be different,
but the themes covered by Croly show an astonishing continuity of
value issues: American Democracy and National Principles, Reform
and Reaction; Federalists and Republicans, Nationalism and
Internationalism; and the Individual and the National Purpose. All
of these themes are central to Croly and remain so to this day. The
new, forty-page introduction by Scott R. Bowman, brings the story
of The Promise up to date. But it may be studied with a critical
eye to the social maladies confronting Americans as a new century
approaches.
Croly explains the requirements for a genuinely popular system of
representative government providing progressive liberalism with
both a philosophical critique of the founding fathers' political
outlook, and a political strategy for replacing it with something
more in keeping with a new epoch. Although it was written in 1914,
the intellectual structure remains largely intact within the
liberal-progressive tradition.
In Progressive Democracy, Herbert Crowly explains the requirements
for a genuinely popular system of representative government. He
provides progressive liberalism with both a philosophical critique
of the founding fathers' political outlook, and a political
startegy for replacing it with something more in keeping with a new
epoch.Although written in 1914,the intellectual structure of
Progressive Democracy remains largely intact within the
liberal-progressive tradition.It represents the continuation of
Crowly's pioneering work begun with The Promise of American Life.
The Promise of American Life was first published in 1909. It had an
immediate and extensive influence on what social historians call
the Progressive Era. At the dawn of the New Deal Era, Felix
Frankfurter wrote that Croly's book became "a reservoir for all
political writings after its publication. Roosevelt's New
Nationalism was countered by Wilson's New Freedom, but both derived
from Croly." While this may have been hyperbole, it is also a
reflection of the impact The Promise made on intellectuals coming
of age in the days of doubt and hope just before the Fust World
War. Arthur Schlesinger Jr., calls this book "a substantive and
sensitive essay on the American political experience, worth
examination not just for historical reasons but on its continuing
merits as a diagnosis of the American condition." Croly himself
summarizes the work thus: "From the beginning the land of democracy
has been figured as the land of promise. The American's loyalty to
the national tradition rather affirms than denies the imaginative
projection of a better future." Croly's book can be viewed as both
an affirmation and critique of how the idea of progress works its
way out in American life. And reading it at the end of the century
only reaffirms one's sense of appreciation of the American
tradition as a whole. The technology and science may be different,
but the themes covered by Croly show an astonishing continuity of
value issues: American Democracy and National Principles, Reform
and Reaction; Federalists and Republicans, Nationalism and
Internationalism; and the Individual and the National Purpose. All
of these themes are central to Croly and remain so to this day. The
new, forty-page introduction by Scott R. Bowman, brings the story
of The Promise up to date. But it may be studied with a critical
eye to the social maladies confronting Americans as a new century
approaches.
"The Promise of American Life" is part of the bedrock of
American liberalism, a classic that had a spectacular impact on
national politics when it was first published in 1909 and that has
been recognized ever since as a defining text of liberal reform.
The book helped inspire Theodore Roosevelt's New Nationalism and
Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal, put Herbert Croly on a path to
become the founding editor of the "New Republic," and prompted
Walter Lippmann to call him twentieth-century America's "first
important political philosopher." The book is at once a history of
America and its political ideals and an analysis of contemporary
ills, from rampant economic inequality to unchecked corporate
power. In response, Croly advocated combining the Hamiltonian and
Jeffersonian traditions and creating a strong federal government to
ensure that all Americans had a fair shot at individual success.
The formula still defines American liberalism, and "The Promise of
American Life" continues to resonate today, offering a vital source
of renewal for liberals and progressives. For this new edition,
Franklin Foer has written a substantial foreword that puts the book
in historical context and explains its continuing importance.
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1910 Edition.
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1910 Edition.
This collection chronicles the fiction and non fiction classics by
the greatest writers the world has ever known. The inclusion of
both popular as well as overlooked pieces is pivotal to providing a
broad and representative collection of classic works.
1910. Contents: What is the Promise of American Life?; The
Federalists and the Republicans; The Democrats and the Whigs;
Slavery and American Nationality; The Contemporary Situation;
Reform and the Reformers; Reconstruction; Its Conditions and
Purposes; Nationality and Democracy; The American Democracy and Its
National Principle; A National Foreign Policy; Problems or
Reconstruction-Part I.; Problems or Reconstruction-Part II.; and
Conclusions-The Individual and the National Purpose.
1910. Contents: What is the Promise of American Life?; The
Federalists and the Republicans; The Democrats and the Whigs;
Slavery and American Nationality; The Contemporary Situation;
Reform and the Reformers; Reconstruction; Its Conditions and
Purposes; Nationality and Democracy; The American Democracy and Its
National Principle; A National Foreign Policy; Problems or
Reconstruction-Part I.; Problems or Reconstruction-Part II.; and
Conclusions-The Individual and the National Purpose.
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy
Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive
selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to
reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional
imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor
pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues
beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving and promoting the world's literature.
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy
Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive
selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to
reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional
imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor
pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues
beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving and promoting the world's literature.
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy
Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive
selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to
reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional
imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor
pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues
beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving and promoting the world's literature.
Originally published in 1909. Author: Herbert Croly Language:
English Keywords: History Many of the earliest books, particularly
those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce
and increasingly expensive. Obscure Press are republishing these
classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using
the original text and artwork.
Aggressive voices promote minority special interests. Wealth is
concentrated in fewer and fewer hands. The middle class is under
siege. Giant corporations and big business threaten democracy
itself. Such was the state of the United States after the Civil
War, and if it sounds familiar, then it only underlines the
continuing relevance of Herbert Croly's The Promise of American
Life, first published in 1909. Croly saw an American culture
desperately fragmented, torn by the transformation from a rural,
agrarian economy to an urban, industrial one, and called for a
righting of societal and economic imbalances through collective
national efforts and strong government. President Teddy Roosevelt
backed his theories, which also influenced the shape and scope of
FDR's New Deal years later. But the historical import of Croly's
passionate and stirring manifesto on Progressive political belief
is overshadowed by its pertinence to the social and economic issues
facing Americans today. American journalist HERBERT CROLY
(1869-1930), one of the foremost political philosophers of the
early 20th century, helped found The New Republic magazine in 1914.
1910. Contents: What is the Promise of American Life?; The
Federalists and the Republicans; The Democrats and the Whigs;
Slavery and American Nationality; The Contemporary Situation;
Reform and the Reformers; Reconstruction; Its Conditions and
Purposes; Nationality and Democracy; The American Democracy and Its
National Principle; A National Foreign Policy; Problems or
Reconstruction-Part I.; Problems or Reconstruction-Part II.; and
Conclusions-The Individual and the National Purpose.
1910. Contents: What is the Promise of American Life?; The
Federalists and the Republicans; The Democrats and the Whigs;
Slavery and American Nationality; The Contemporary Situation;
Reform and the Reformers; Reconstruction; Its Conditions and
Purposes; Nationality and Democracy; The American Democracy and Its
National Principle; A National Foreign Policy; Problems or
Reconstruction-Part I.; Problems or Reconstruction-Part II.; and
Conclusions-The Individual and the National Purpose.
Originally published in 1903, the chapters are: Men Who Build Fine
HousesThe Colonial ResidenceThe Meaning of the Transitional
DwellingThe Character of the Transitional DwellingThe Beginnings of
the Greater Modern ResidenceThe Modern American Residence -
Economic and Social ConditionsThe Modern American Residence - Its
ExteriorThe Modern American Residence - Its InteriorVintage photos
(both interior and exterior) are included with history about the
homes, and architectural opinions of the time are given. A large
number of homes are covered in extensive detail, including the
residences of William Waldorf Astor, Andrew Carnegie, Henry M.
Flagler, Cornelius Vanderbilt, J. Pierpont Morgan, Potter Palmer,
Lawrence C. Phipps, and many more.
One of the most important books to emerge from the Progressive era,
The Promise of American Life offered a blueprint for a modern
activist government that had enormous impact on intellectuals
coming of age before World War I.
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