Woodrow Wilson: Essential Writings and Speeches of the Scholar-presidentNYU Press, 2006 - Počet stran: 429 From the Ivy League to the oval office, Woodrow Wilson was the only professional scholar to become a U.S. president. A professor of history and political science, Wilson became the dynamic president of Princeton University in 1902 and was one of its most prolific scholars before entering active politics. Through his labors as student, scholar, and statesman, he left a legacy of elegant writings on everything from educational reform to religion to history and politics. |
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... turn ended his serious work as a scholar. University administration and the political career that followed left little time for research. Wilson's writing offers clues about the man and his future as a leader. Religion was centrally ...
... turn-of-the-century dollars this was a stunning sum. Members of the board were expected to contribute and raise money, and Wilson personally campaigned for funds himself, speaking to alumni groups and seeking out and entertaining ...
... turning his New Freedom ideas into concrete proposals. Brandeis became an invaluable counselor during the election and after. In 1912 the country voted for change. The three candidates who advocated reform ranging from liberal to ...
... turn into a public endorsement of their film. Joseph Tumulty rescued Wilson from that embarrassment with a timely statement to the press denying the pres- ident's approval of the film. Reflecting his own southern background, Wilson had ...
... operations, Wilson abruptly made a more realistic assessment of conditions and called a halt to further action. In a fortunate turn, Carranza forces dislodged Huerta in August, and with the new government introduction 25.
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On Education and Scholarship | 106 |
The Historian | 147 |
The Political Scientist | 218 |
New Jersey Politics | 313 |
Road to the White House | 341 |
President Wilson | 366 |
Plenary Session of the Peace Conference | 407 |
at Pueblo Colorado | 411 |
About the Editor | 429 |