Shaping Modern Liberalism Herbert Croly and Progressive Thought /

Shaping Modern Liberalism Herbert Croly and Progressive Thought /

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Author / Creator:Stettner, Edward A., 1940-
Imprint:University Press of Kansas, 1993. Lawrence, Kan. :
Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 0000
Description:1 online resource (xi, 225 p.)
Language:English
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subject:
Progressivism (United States politics) -- History.
Liberalism -- United States -- History.
Liberalism.
Progressivism (United States politics)
United States.
History.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13479990
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Other authors / contributors:Project Muse. distributor.
ISBN:9780700605804
9780700631223
0700631224
0700605800 (alk. paper)
0700605800
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-219) and index.
Description based on print version record.
Summary:In this first full-length study of Herbert Croly's political theory, Edward Stettner analyzes Croly's writings and examines the events, experiences, and people that influenced his thinking. Croly, founder of The New Republic, expounded on issues from the nationalization of railroads to the Espionage Act in his search for a middle way between socialism and capitalism. Stettner illustrates how Croly's political theory influenced the editorial position of one of the leading liberal journals and how his thought in turn was modified in reaction to national and world events during the progressive era. Stettner emphasizes how Croly was drawn to the conclusion that a strong national government and individual rights could indeed coexist - if not always serenely - in a democratic society, consequently helping to establish the framework for modern liberalism.

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