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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... radio to bring the presidency into the lives of ordinary Americans - a path that led directly to FDR's " fireside chats " and the expert use of television by John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan . Greenberg also reveals the human ( and ...
... radios , liberated women and the " New Negro . " The consumer 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 ...
... his gubernatorial and presidential bids was a collection of his speeches called Have Faith in Massachusetts . As president , he pioneered the use of radio to broadcast major addresses , in which his high - pitched. 6 GREENBERG DAVID.
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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 |