Calvin Coolidge: The American Presidents Series: The 30th President, 1923-1929Macmillan, 2006 M12 26 - 224 pages The austere president who presided over the Roaring Twenties and whose conservatism masked an innovative approach to national leadership |
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... Helen Lynd called the decade “one of the eras of greatest rapidity in change in the history of human institutions.” America was plunging headlong into modernity, with its whirligig of jazz and 4 l>1\\'ll,) L}Rl:liNi%ER(]
... called it the Coolidge Prosperity.11 Notwithstanding his largely top-down conception of political economy, Coolidge took pride in the middle class's acquisition of new amenities and its apparent attainment of the good life. He welcomed ...
... called Hamiltonian, with government purposefully promoting the interests of private manufacturers and finance. Indeed, Coolidge described Hamilton's economic creed as central to the Republican Party of the 19295: “The party now in power ...
... called "a good working knowledge of the practical side of government” and a view of politics as noble.4 Coolidge was close to his mother as well. Fair-haired and sentimental like her son, she loved to plant flowers, “gaze at the purple ...
... called it “masterly in its conception and arrangement.” For the rest of his life, in both state and national politics, Silent Cal would fight past his shyness to surprise doubters and win acclaim for his speeches. Although no one ever ...
Contents
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2 On the Brink | 27 |
3 The New President | 43 |
4 Hitting His Stride | 55 |
5 The Coolidge Prosperity | 67 |
6 Controversies | 81 |
7 Getting Elected | 91 |
9 High Tide of Republicanism | 125 |
10 A Contested Legacy | 141 |
Notes | 161 |
Milestones | 179 |
Bibliography | 181 |
Acknowledgments | 189 |
Index | 191 |
8 Beyond Americas Shores | 109 |
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Calvin Coolidge: The American Presidents Series: The 30th President, 1923-1929 David Greenberg No preview available - 2007 |
Calvin Coolidge: The American Presidents Series: The 30th President, 1923-1929 David Greenberg No preview available - 2007 |