American Ideal - Theodore Roosevelt's Search for American Individualism

Informationen zum Autor Paul M. Rego is assistant professor of politics at Messiah College in Pennsylvania. Klappentext This book takes Theodore Roosevelt seriously as a man of ideas, a thinker who was deeply committed to addressing the problems of his generation. It also is a study of TR as a leader, one who used rhetoric and example to convince his fellow citizens that it was possible to reconcile the American traditionof individualism with a Progressive-inspired concern for the social good. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Table of Contents Chapter 2 Introduction Chapter 3 1 Individualism and Its Discontents Chapter 4 2 Years of Preparation Chapter 5 3 The "Dude" Emerges Chapter 6 4 Hero Tales Chapter 7 5 The Square Deal Chapter 8 6 The Preacher President Chapter 9 7 The New Nationalism Chapter 10 8 TR, the New Freedom, and the World War Chapter 11 Conclusion Chapter 12 Bibliography

Product details

• Authors: Paul M Rego, Paul M. Rego, Rego Paul M.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.06.2009
• EAN: 9780739126080
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-2608-0
• No. of pages: 233
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, American Presidency, Political leaders & leadership, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Political leaders and leadership, C 1900 - C 1914, c 1900 to c 1909