The Presidency of Theodore RooseveltUniversity Press of Kansas, 1991 - 355 pages Theodore Roosevelt was hearty, frank, freindly, and bold - a president so popular that many Americans believed they knew him personally. Through the force of his personality and excitement of his adventuring, he wove the presidency into the fabric of daily life as no other president had done. Nearly a century later he is remembered as the most colourful chief executive. |
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... conservation goals that Roosevelt proclaimed commanded gen- eral support from the American people in principle . As Roosevelt and Pinchot defined it , however , conservation involved the wise use and orderly management of natural ...
... conservation goals that Roosevelt proclaimed commanded gen- eral support from the American people in principle . As Roosevelt and Pinchot defined it , however , conservation involved the wise use and orderly management of natural ...
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... conservation . If the aim of the confer- ence was to exert any influence on Congress , then that goal was not achieved . The political obstacles to what Roosevelt and Pinchot wanted to accomplish remained in place . Congress would not ...
... conservation . If the aim of the confer- ence was to exert any influence on Congress , then that goal was not achieved . The political obstacles to what Roosevelt and Pinchot wanted to accomplish remained in place . Congress would not ...
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... conservation policy has been examined in a number of works . The place to start is Samuel P. Hays's important contribution Conservation and the Gospel of Efficiency : The Progressive Conservation Movement , 1890-1920 ( Cambridge , Mass ...
... conservation policy has been examined in a number of works . The place to start is Samuel P. Hays's important contribution Conservation and the Gospel of Efficiency : The Progressive Conservation Movement , 1890-1920 ( Cambridge , Mass ...
Contents
Keeping the Left Center Together | 225 |
We Were at Absolute Peace | 251 |
There Is No One Like Theodore | 271 |
Copyright | |
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