The Promise of American Life

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The Promise of American Life (1909)
by Herbert David Croly

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The Promises of American Life is a book published by Herbert Croly, founder of The New Republic, in 1909. This book opposed aggressive unionization and supported economic planning to raise general quality of life. After reading this book, Theodore Roosevelt adopted the New Nationalism.
This is the 1912 edition.

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THE PROMISE OF AMERICAN LIFE

BY HERBERT CROLY

New York

THE MACMILLAN COMPANY

Set up and electrotyped. Published November, 1909. Reprinted June, 1910; April, 1911; March, 1912.

Norwood Press
J.S. Cushing Co.—Berwick & Smith Co.
Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.

Dedicated

TO THE MEMORY OF THE LATE

DAVID GOODMAN CROLY

Chapter I: WHAT IS THE PROMISE OF AMERICAN LIFE?
Chapter II: THE FEDERALISTS AND THE REPUBLICANS
Chapter III: THE DEMOCRATS AND THE WHIGS
Chapter IV: SLAVERY AND AMERICAN NATIONALITY
Chapter V: THE CONTEMPORARY SITUATION
Chapter VI: REFORM AND THE REFORMERS
Chapter VII: RECONSTRUCTION; ITS CONDITIONS AND PURPOSES
Chapter VIII: NATIONALITY AND DEMOCRACY
Chapter IX: THE AMERICAN DEMOCRACY AND ITS NATIONAL PRINCIPLES
Chapter X: A NATIONAL FOREIGN POLICY
Chapter XI: PROBLEMS OF RECONSTRUCTION—PART I
Chapter XII: PROBLEMS OF RECONSTRUCTION—PART II
Chapter XIII: CONCLUSIONS—THE INDIVIDUAL AND THE NATIONAL PURPOSE

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1929.

The longest-living author of this work died in 1930, so this work is in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 93 years or less. This work may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.

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