Who Owns America?: A New Declaration of IndependenceHerbert Agar, Allen Tate ISI Books, 1999 - 450 pages "It was a radical statement in 1936 and remains one at the end of the twentieth century. How should a republic exercise power over its citizens? How may economic goods be justly distributed? What status should the small farm have in the life of a nation? By what means may family life be rendered stable? What is the economic role of women in a free society? These are just some of the issues raised, and answered in unique ways, in this book. |
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Page xxxii
... Ameri- cans flocking to his standard . " And it would not be his per- sonal standard : it would be the standard of traditional Ameri- can liberty - that real liberty which cannot exist materially speak- ing , in any nation , unless the ...
... Ameri- cans flocking to his standard . " And it would not be his per- sonal standard : it would be the standard of traditional Ameri- can liberty - that real liberty which cannot exist materially speak- ing , in any nation , unless the ...
Page 171
... Ameri- cans now desire more passionately than equality ; and second , in their cultural and social institutions , which , in the South especially , have suffered from outside domination . The " greatest free - trade area in the world ...
... Ameri- cans now desire more passionately than equality ; and second , in their cultural and social institutions , which , in the South especially , have suffered from outside domination . The " greatest free - trade area in the world ...
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... Ameri- can agriculture , particularly Southern agriculture , which has for over a hundred years been geared to export a large percent- age of its cotton and tobacco . A sudden loss of the foreign market for these commodities , even with ...
... Ameri- can agriculture , particularly Southern agriculture , which has for over a hundred years been geared to export a large percent- age of its cotton and tobacco . A sudden loss of the foreign market for these commodities , even with ...
Contents
A FORGOTTEN AMERICAN CLASSIC | ix |
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY | xli |
David Cushman Coyle | 9 |
Copyright | |
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