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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... political progressivism cooled in the 1920s , social change and modernization continued . The sociologists Robert and Helen Lynd called the decade " one of the eras of greatest rapid- ity in change in the history of human institutions ...
... 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 consumption even as he shared widespread fears about moral decay ...
... politics he found justifications , both philosophical and tactical , for his reticence . " The words of the president have an enormous weight and ought not to be used indiscriminately , " he wrote in his autobiography , which is short ...
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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 |