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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... economic policies he pursued , which helped maintain a robust prosperity for his five and a half years in office- but also contributed to the crash and Great Depression that fol- lowed . Reagan remembered only the upside . " He cut the ...
... economic orthodoxy of Say's Law - the notion , propounded by the French economist Jean - Bap- tiste Say , that supply creates its own demand - Coolidge held that industrial productivity , by generating prosperity , would serve the ...
... economy was enshrin- ing a habit of self - definition based on pleasure , leisure , and personal choice , displacing an older ethic of ascetic living and pride in one's craft . Sitting aloof from it all in Washington , with his woolen ...
... economy , Coolidge took pride in the middle class's acquisition of new amenities and its apparent attainment of the good life . He wel- comed the go - go consumption even as he shared widespread fears about moral decay . Indeed , it was ...
... economy of speech with an economy of money — not just in the policies he promulgated but in his personal habits . He pared back opulent White House dinner menus and made cheese sandwiches for his bodyguard when they went on afternoon ...
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 |
Other editions - View all
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 |