The Promise Of Progressivism

Author : Eldon J. Eisenach
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015032539234

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The Lost Promise of Progressivism by Eldon J. Eisenach Pdf

Congenital malformations are worldwide occurrences striking in every condition of society. These severe physical abnormalities which are present at birth and affecting every part of the body happen more often than usually realized, once in every 33 births. The most common, after heart defects, are those of the neural tube (the brain and spinal cord) which happen in as many as one in every 350 births. They have been noted as curiousities in man and beast throughout recorded history and received great attention in our time by various fields of study, for example, their faulty prenatal development by embryologists, familial patterns by geneticists, causation by environmentalists and variability by population scientists. Attention turned much in recent years to the relation of these malformations to deficiency of a particular dietary ingredient, folic acid, a subject this book analyzes in depth. The greatest conundrum of all, which this latest matter like so much else hinges on, is the amazing fact of the tremendous, almost universal decrease in the frequency of these anomalies since early in the 20th century. The puzzle is What can this downward trend possibly mean? and at bottom Whether it is part of a long-term cyclical pattern . This fascinating biological phenomenon is explored in the book together with various other topics.

Author : Eldon J. Eisenach
Publisher : University Press of Kansas
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1994-06-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780700611041

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The Lost Promise of Progressivism by Eldon J. Eisenach Pdf

Long before the current calls for national service, civic reponsibility, and the restoration of community values, the Progressives initiated a remarkably similar challenge. Eldon Eisenach traces the evolution of this powerful national movement from its theoretical origins through its dramatic rise and sudden demise, and shows why their philosophy still speaks to us with such eloquence. Eisenach analyzes how and why, between 1885 and World War I, progressive political ideas conquered almost every cultural and intellectual bastion except constitutional law and dominated every major national institution except the courts and party system. Progressives, he demonstrates, were especially influential as a force in American politics, higher education, and the media. They created wideranging professional networks that functioned like a "hidden national government" to counter a federal government they deeply distrusted. They viewed the university as their national "Church"-the main repository and disseminator of values they espoused. They established truly national journals for a national audience. And they drew much support from women's rights advocates and other highly vocal movements of their time. Permeated with an evangelical Protestant vision of the future, progressive thought was an integral part of the national discourse for nearly three decades. But, as Eisenach reveals, at the very moment of its triumph it disintegrated as both a coherent theory and a viable public doctrine. With the election in 1912 of Woodrow Wilson, the movement reached its peak, but thereafter lost its momentum and force. Its precipitous decline was accelerated by world war and by the rise of New Deal liberalism. By the end of the Depression it had disappeared as an influential player in American public life. In the decades that followed, the Progressive mantle went unclaimed. Conservatives blamed the Progressives for the rise of the welfare state and many liberals cringed at their theological and imperialist rhetoric. Eisenach, however, argues that we still have much to learn about and from the Progressives. By enlarging our understanding of their thought, we greatly increase our understanding of an America whose national institutions-political, cultural, educational, religious, professional, economic, and journalistic-are all largely the product of this thinking. In other words, their ideas are still very much with us.

Author : James M. Wallace
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0820471429

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Author : James M. Wallace
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Educators
ISBN : OCLC:721342990

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The Promise of Progressivism by James M. Wallace Pdf

Author : Herbert David Croly
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2022-05-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : EAN:8596547025160

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The Promise of American Life by Herbert David Croly Pdf

Le Viandier (often called Le Viandier de Taillevent) is a recipe book generally attributed to Guillaume Tirel, alias Taillevent. It is known, the earliest version of the work was written around 1300, before the alleged author, Tyrel's was born. Le Viandier is one of the earliest recipe collections of the Middle Ages, along with the Latin Liber de Coquina (early 14th century) and the English Forme of Cury (c. 1390). It is also famous as a book that contains the first detailed description of an entremet.

Author : Norman Dale Norris
Publisher : R&L Education
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Education
ISBN : 1578861152

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The Promise and Failure of Progressive Education by Norman Dale Norris Pdf

The progressive ideology and methods are clearly the prominent choice in our schools today. In generic, layman's terms, Norman Dale Norris discusses how the progressive movement came about and how the ideas are practiced today, some of which are less than desirable. Norris is sympathetic and supportive of the progressive ideology and offers suggestions for success.

Author : Jeffrey C. Isaac
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 074252325X

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The Poverty of Progressivism by Jeffrey C. Isaac Pdf

Linking together political theory, American history, journalism and contemporary commentary, this book defends a democratic politics of civil society without illusions.

Author : William J. Reese
Publisher : Teachers College Press
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780807742273

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Power and the Promise of School Reform by William J. Reese Pdf

This book examines how grass-roots movements operated during the early twentieth century to shape urban education in the United States.

Author : John A. Buehrens,Rebecca Ann Parker
Publisher : Beacon Press
Page : 135 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 9780807077382

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A House for Hope by John A. Buehrens,Rebecca Ann Parker Pdf

Religious progressives Buehrens and Parker discuss the political and personal relevance of the progressive theological movement in the early twenty-first century, covering challenges such as the teachings of fundamentalists, with anecdotes about themes such as eschatology, salvation, sin, and the history of ecumenical and universalist movements.

Author : Eric Rofes,Lisa M. Stulberg
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2012-02-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780791484326

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The Emancipatory Promise of Charter Schools by Eric Rofes,Lisa M. Stulberg Pdf

Offers a broad, multidisciplinary, and progressive look at school choice.

Author : Kevin J. Burns
Publisher : University Press of Kansas
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2021-05-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780700632114

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William Howard Taft's Constitutional Progressivism by Kevin J. Burns Pdf

In William Howard Taft’s Constitutional Progressivism Kevin J. Burns makes a compelling case that Taft’s devotion to the Constitution of 1787 contributed to his progressivism. In contrast to the majority of scholarship, which has viewed Taft as a reactionary conservative because of his constitutionalism, Burns explores the ways Taft’s commitment to both the Constitution and progressivism drove his political career and the decisions he made as president and chief justice. Taft saw the Constitution playing a positive role in American political life, recognizing that it created a national government strong enough to enact broad progressive reforms. In reevaluating Taft’s career, Burns highlights how Taft rejected the “laisser [sic] faire school,” which taught that “the Government ought to do nothing but run a police force.” Recognizing that the massive industrial changes following the Civil War had created a plethora of socioeconomic ills, Taft worked to expand the national government’s initiatives in the fields of trust-busting, land conservation, tariff reform, railroad regulation, and worker safety law. Burns offers a fuller understanding of Taft and his political project by emphasizing Taft’s belief that the Constitution could play a constructive role in American political life by empowering the government to act and by undergirding and protecting the reform legislation the government implemented. Moreover, Taft recognized that if the Constitution could come to the aid of progressivism, political reform might also redound to the benefit of the Constitution by showing its continued relevance and workability in modern America. Although Taft’s efforts to promote significant policy-level reforms attest to his progressivism, his major contribution to American political thought is his understanding of the US Constitution as a fundamental law, not a policy-oriented document. In many ways Taft can be thought of as an originalist, yet his originalism was marked by a belief in robust national powers. Taft’s constitutionalism remains relevant because while his principles seem foreign to modern legal discourse, his constitutional vision offers an alternative to contemporary political divisions by combining political progressivism-liberalism with constitutional conservatism.

Author : Shelton Stromquist
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2010-10-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780252092619

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Reinventing "The People" by Shelton Stromquist Pdf

A comprehensive study of the Progressive movement, Reinventing "The People"contends that the persistence of class conflict in America challenged the very defining feature of Progressivism: its promise of social harmony through democratic renewal. Shelton Stromquist profiles the movement's work in diverse arenas of social reform, politics, labor regulation and so-called race improvement. While these reformers emphasized different programs, they crafted a common language of social reconciliation in which an imagined civic community--"the People"--would transcend parochial class and political loyalties. But efforts to invent a society without enduring class lines marginalized new immigrants and African Americans by declaring them unprepared for civic responsibilities. In so doing, Progressives laid the foundation for twentieth-century liberals' inability to see their world in class terms and to conceive of social remedies that might alter the structures of class power.

Author : Herbert David Croly
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2017-02-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1543072666

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The Promise of American Life (1909) by by Herbert David Croly Pdf

Herbert David Croly (January 23, 186 - May 17, 1930) was an intellectual leader of the progressive movement as an editor, 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. His book, The Promise of American Life (1909), looked to the conservative spirit of effective government as espoused by Alexander Hamilton, combined with the democracy of Thomas Jefferson. The book was one of the most influential books in American political history, shaping the ideas of many intellectuals and political leaders. It also influenced the later New Deal. Calling themselves "the new nationalists," Croly and Walter Weyl sought to remedy the relatively weak national institutions with a strong federal government. He actively promoted a strong army and navy and attacked pacifists who thought democracy at home and peace abroad was best served by keeping America weak.

Author : Sidney A. Pearson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2017-09-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351494250

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Reflections on American Progressivism by Sidney A. Pearson Pdf

In American politics, at least since the Civil War, the great philosophical divide is between "progressives" and "founders" of the American regime. The quarrel has come to be defined in the media as a contest between liberals and conservatives. This book explores the ideological underpinnings of American progressivism. In doing so, it examines the foundations of modern liberalism and conservatism. The fundamental problem of any science of politics is to explain, however imperfectly, the sources of justice and injustice in politics: What are the "self-evident truths" that inform and drive the public debates? Over time the foundational arguments for justice and injustice, what people regard as self-evident truths, do change. This process of change is at the heart of progressivism. The original arguments of the progressive movement are obscured or largely forgotten in contemporary political debates. But in a myriad of ways, the original progressive arguments continue to reverberate. They need to be more fully explored and understood in order to seriously engage the differences between liberals and conservatives. Such differences are not likely to be overcome simply by a study of the roots of progressivism, but it is a first step in a more rational debate, which this book will inspire.

Author : Herbert Croly
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 437 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351496360

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Progressive Democracy by Herbert Croly Pdf

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.