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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... 262 The State 266 The English Constitution 282 Democracy 296 Presidential Address to the American Political Science Association: The Law and the Facts 304 6 New Jersey Politics 313 Government and Business 313 Conservatism: viii contents.
... Conservatism: True and False 319 The Democratic Opportunity 324 Campaign Speech for Governorship 329 Inaugural as Governor 335 7 Road to the White House 341 A Labor Day Address in Buffalo 341 The New Freedom 349 Appeal to Republicans ...
... conservatism of his earlier thought. But his developing commitment to reform never approached the impassioned crusading style of William Jennings Bryan or Robert La Follette. Wilson's academic success fed an already fulsome self ...
... Conservatism: True and False”) restated his still conservative views. Wilson was no point man for progressive causes—not yet. Wilson became active in Democratic party politics during the decade. But he did not care to associate with the ...
... conservatism to a vigorous advocacy of progressive ideas. But even in 1912, Wilson's New Freedom campaign harbored a Jeffersonian suspicion of strong central government. Perhaps Roosevelt's powerhouse government would bring good results ...
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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 |