The Promise of American Life
by Croly Herbert David
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The Promise of American Life is the book of Herbert Croly, the man who started The new Republic, a famous American journal. It’s said that after reading this book Theodore Roosevelt adopted the New Nationalism.
Croly thought that American values of liberalism and individualism were substituted by that of industrialism and urbanism. He suggested the new political doctrine, mixing nationalism, social responsibility and care about others. He also insisted on centralization of power in the Federal Government to make democracy stronger.
If you want to have several hours of wise thoughts and great ideas, this book is for you.
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...public position would naturally be animportant member of the society in which he lives, whereas as a matterof fact he has come to be ostracized because of the source of his powerand wealth. His leadership over-reached the district clan, which wasreal social basis; and the consequence was that the "Boss" became, toall appearances, a very unpopular man in the democracy which he ruled. His secretiveness and his unpopularity point to one of the mostimportant functions of the municipal and state "Bosses, " to which as yetonly incidental reference has been made. The "Boss" became the man whonegotiated with the corporations, and through whom they obtained whatthey wanted. We have already seen that the large corporation, particularly those owning railroad and municipal franchises, have foundthat the purchase of a certain amount of political power was a necessaryconsequence of their dubious legal position. A traffic of this kind wasnot one, of course, to which many people could be admitted. It...
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