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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... Prosperity 67 6. Controversies 81 7. Getting Elected 91 8. Beyond America's Shores 109 125 141 9. High Tide of Republicanism 10. A Contested Legacy Notes Milestones Bibliography Acknowledgments Index 161 179 181 189 191 This page ...
... 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 taxes four times , " Reagan said in 1981 of Silent Cal . " We ...
... prosperity , would serve the general good . Indeed , he equated the public interest not with some consensus brokered to satisfy competing social factions but with something close to the needs of industry itself . He wanted , as he once ...
... 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 wel- comed the go - go ...
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Contents
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1 Out of Plymouth Notch | 15 |
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 |
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 |