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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... regional foothold , must be put down as largely improvements in the sheer efficiency of the Federal mechanism . They could easily be turned to make centralization more effective than it is . In the hands of regional imperialism they ...
... regional foothold , must be put down as largely improvements in the sheer efficiency of the Federal mechanism . They could easily be turned to make centralization more effective than it is . In the hands of regional imperialism they ...
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... regional commonwealths as a better basic unit than States . If we can get regional reform in no other way , let it come in Mr. Elliott's way . But under this strong govern- ment , however responsible , however more truly Federal , what ...
... regional commonwealths as a better basic unit than States . If we can get regional reform in no other way , let it come in Mr. Elliott's way . But under this strong govern- ment , however responsible , however more truly Federal , what ...
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... regional writer is betrayed , despite his fine professions , into being the spokesman and propagandist , too , for a ... regional and proletarian writers are attempting to reason themselves into an appropriate relation to the concept of ...
... regional writer is betrayed , despite his fine professions , into being the spokesman and propagandist , too , for a ... regional and proletarian writers are attempting to reason themselves into an appropriate relation to the concept of ...
Contents
A FORGOTTEN AMERICAN CLASSIC | ix |
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY | xli |
David Cushman Coyle | 9 |
Copyright | |
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