{"product_id":"american-conservatism-19001930-9781498533904","title":"American Conservatism 19001930","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book presents the most significant speeches and writings of American constitutional conservatives during the period 1900-1930.  Figures such as William Howard Taft, Calvin Coolidge, Elihu Root, Warren Harding, and David Jayne Hill present the alternative arguments that challenged the leading Progressive views of the period.  Issues such as natural rights, civil rights, economic regulation, federalism, executive power, political parties, and foreign policy are addressed in these primary sources, many of which are reproduced for the first time.  The readings in this book are relevant not only for understanding the political issues of the Progressive Era, but also for understanding the foundations of contemporary American conservatism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“With familiar notions of political `conservatism’ now coming apart at the seams, it is a good time to think about those who laid much of the groundwork for it a century ago. Who better than Professors O’Neill and Postell to re-introduce us to those men and their ideas?” -- Adam J. White, The Hoover Institution, Stanford University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter One: The Foundations of Constitutional Conservatism 1.\tFrom Experiments in Government and the Essentials of the Constitution: Elihu Root 2.\tHuman Nature in the Constitution: David Jayne Hill 3.\tOur Charter of Law and Liberty: David Jayne Hill 4.\tThe Inspiration of the Declaration: Calvin Coolidge Chapter Two: Tradition, Culture, Civilization, and Progress 5.\tThe Supports of Civilization: Calvin Coolidge 6.\tEducation: The Cornerstone of Self-Government: Calvin Coolidge 7.\tPrinciple or Expedient?: George Sutherland 8.\tThe New American Revolution:  Nicholas Murray Butler Chapter Three: Natural Rights and Human Nature 9.\tThe Progress of a People: Calvin Coolidge 10.\t Address at the Celebration of the Semicentennial of the City of Birmingham,     Alabama: Warren Harding 11.\tThe Revolt of the Unfit: Some Reflections on the Doctrine of Evolution : Nicholas Murray Butler 12.\tComments on Herbert Spencer’s “The Great Political Superstition”:  Nicholas Murray Butler 13.\tCommentary on Herbert Spencer’s “The Duty of the State”: William Howard Taft Chapter Four: Federalism and Economic Regulation 14.\tHow to Preserve the Self-Government of the States: Elihu Root 15.\tGovernment and Business\t: Calvin Coolidge 16.\tThe Reign of Law: Calvin Coolidge 17.\tSocial Justice: Warren Harding 18.\tThe Problems of Business: Warren Harding 19.\tThe Constructive Side of Government: Campaign Speech in St. Louis, November 2, 1928: Herbert Hoover 20.\tFrom Our Wonderland of Bureaucracy: James M. Beck Chapter Five: Constitutionalism, Executive Power, and the Threat of Bureaucratic Government 21.\tThe Constitution and Its Makers: Henry Cabot Lodge 22.\tThe Limitations of the Law: Calvin Coolidge 23.\tFrom Our Chief Magistrate and His Powers: William Howard Taft 24.\tFrom The People’s Government: David Jayne Hill 25.\tThe Changed Conception of the Constitution: James M. Beck 26.\tPresident Gains Power in Old Congress Fight: James M. Beck Chapter Six: Congress, Political Parties, and Constitutional Government 27.\tThe Role of Parties in Congress: Speeches from the Revolt of 1910: Jacob Sloat Fassett and Joseph Cannon 28.\tAddress of the Temporary Chairman, 1912 Republican National Convention:  Elihu Root 29.\tFrom Liberty Under Law: An Interpretation of the Principles of our Constitutional Government: William Howard Taft 30.\tParty Loyalty and the Presidency: Calvin Coolidge 31.\tPolitical Parties: Calvin Coolidge\t Chapter Seven: Foreign Policy 32.\tFraternity: Warren Harding 33.\tTowards Making Peace Permanent: 1912 Nobel Peace Prize Lecture: Elihu Root 34.\tDeclaration of the Rights and Duties of Nations and Opening Address by Elihu Root\t Elihu Root and the American Society of International Law 35.\tThe Proposed Convention for a League of Nations: Elihu Root 36.\tThe Nations and the Law: David Jayne Hill 37.\tA Constructive Plan for Human Betterment: William Howard Taft","brand":"Lexington Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040707739991,"sku":"9781498533904","price":98.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781498533904.jpg?v=1750947592","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/american-conservatism-19001930-9781498533904","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}