Political Thought of Calvin Coolidge - Burkean Americanist

Informationen zum Autor By Thomas J. Tacoma Klappentext Arguing that Calvin Coolidge was a Burkean conservative and an Americanist politician, Tacoma analyzes the way Coolidge responded to the challenge of upholding American civilization in a changing world by contextualizing Coolidge's thought in the Progressive milieu of the age and examining the core of Coolidge's political thought: civilization. Zusammenfassung Arguing that Calvin Coolidge was a Burkean conservative and an Americanist politician, Tacoma analyzes the way Coolidge responded to the challenge of upholding American civilization in a changing world by contextualizing Coolidge's thought in the Progressive milieu of the age and examining the core of Coolidge's political thought: civilization. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Coolidge, Progressivism, and American Civilization Chapter One: Coolidge's Era: A Progressive America Chapter Two: Origins of Coolidge's Political Philosophy Chapter Three: The Political Philosophy of Calvin Coolidge: Coolidge on the Meaning of Civilization and Progress Chapter Four: Coolidge's Interpretation of American History Chapter Five: Coolidge, the American Regime, and Progressivism Chapter Six: Coolidge and the Political Economy of Progressive Civilization Chapter Seven: Calvin Coolidge's Foreign Policy Thought Conclusion: Coolidge, Conservatism, and the Meaning of American Civilization

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• Authors: Thomas J. Tacoma
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9781793624413
• ISBN: 978-1-79362-441-3
• No. of pages: 226
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, HISTORY / United States / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Executive Branch, Political science & theory, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Central / national / federal government, Central government