Papers of Woodrow Wilson, Volume 27 - Jan.-June, 1913

About the author

Arthur S. Link is Edwards Professor of American History, Princeton University.

Summary

The opening of this volume finds Wilson President-elect of the United States. After a post-campaign vacation in his beloved Bermuda, he plunges into New Jersey politics in an effort to achieve completion of his state reform program. With a large legislative majority, he achieves passage of stringent antitrust laws, ratification of the federal income tax amendment, a new grade crossings measure, and a host of other legislation. Meanwhile, he is busy choosing a Cabinet and conferring with Democratic leaders in Congress about a legislative program.

In his eloquent Inaugural address, Wilson calls for new directions in domestic and foreign policies. During the following months, he oversees the writing of the Underwood tariff and Federal Reserve bills. He also repudiates the "dollar diplomacy" of the Taft administration in Latin America and the Far East.

Virtually all of the documents in this volume are published for the first time. They shed bright new light on Wilson as party and parliamentary leader and diplomatist. Numerous personal letters, also published for the first time, reveal his warmth and capacity for friendship.

Additional text

"Every college library should plan to acquire the entire series."

Product details

• Authors: Woodrow Wilson
• Assisted by: A. S. Link (Editor), Arthur Link (Editor), Arthur S. Link (Editor), Arthur Stanley Link (Editor)
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.10.1978
• EAN: 9780691046525
• ISBN: 978-0-691-04652-5
• No. of pages: 640
• Series: Papers of Woodrow Wilson; Papers of Woodrow Wilson
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, HISTORY / United States / General, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas