The Promise of American Life

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

information about this edition.  The Promises of American Life is a book published by Herbert Croly, founder of The New Republic, in 1909. This book opposed aggressive unionization and supported economic planning to raise general quality of life. After reading this book, Theodore Roosevelt adopted the New Nationalism.— Excerpted from The Promise of American Life on Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. This is the 1912 edition.

THE PROMISE OF AMERICAN LIFE

BY HERBERT CROLY

New York

THE MACMILLAN COMPANY

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Set up and electrotyped. Published November, 1909. Reprinted June, 1910; April, 1911; March, 1912.

Norwood Press
J.S. Cushing Co.—Berwick & Smith Co.
Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.

Dedicated

TO THE MEMORY OF THE LATE

DAVID GOODMAN CROLY

CONTENTS

• Chapter I: WHAT IS THE PROMISE OF AMERICAN LIFE?
• Chapter II: THE FEDERALISTS AND THE REPUBLICANS
• Chapter III: THE DEMOCRATS AND THE WHIGS
• Chapter IV: SLAVERY AND AMERICAN NATIONALITY
• Chapter V: THE CONTEMPORARY SITUATION
• Chapter VI: REFORM AND THE REFORMERS
• Chapter VII: RECONSTRUCTION; ITS CONDITIONS AND PURPOSES
• Chapter VIII: NATIONALITY AND DEMOCRACY
• Chapter IX: THE AMERICAN DEMOCRACY AND ITS NATIONAL PRINCIPLES
• Chapter X: A NATIONAL FOREIGN POLICY
• Chapter XI: PROBLEMS OF RECONSTRUCTION—PART I
• Chapter XII: PROBLEMS OF RECONSTRUCTION—PART II
• Chapter XIII: CONCLUSIONS—THE INDIVIDUAL AND THE NATIONAL PURPOSE

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