The Promise of American Life

The Promise of American Life

"The Promise 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.

In 1909 , The Promise of American Life, was published. This book is said to "offer a manifesto of Progressive beliefs" which "anticipated the transition from competitive to corporate capitalism and from limited government to the welfare state".

The book, which discusses historical evolution of American society, includes analysis of slavery and slave-holders, corporations and unions, centralization and democracy, and individual as well as national purpose.

It is new conditions between the conception of their national Promise as a process and an ideal.

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* [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/14422 "The Promise of American Life"] at Project Gutenberg


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