The Promise of American Life: Updated Edition

Herbert Croly

ISBN 10: 0691160686 / ISBN 13: 9780691160689

Published by Princeton University Press, 2014

About this Item

Presents a classic that had a spectacular immediate impact on national politics. This book tells a history of America and its political ideals and an analysis of contemporary ills, from rampant economic inequality to unchecked corporate power. Series: The James Madison Library in American Politics. Num Pages: 616 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 130 x 39. Weight in Grams: 584. . 2014. New Foreword. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Promise of American Life: Updated Edition
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0691160686
• ISBN 13: 9780691160689
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

The Promise of American Life is part of the bedrock of American liberalism, a classic that had a spectacular impact on national politics when it was first published in 1909 and that has been recognized ever since as a defining text of liberal reform. The book helped inspire Theodore Roosevelt's New Nationalism and Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal, put Herbert Croly on a path to become the founding editor of the New Republic, and prompted Walter Lippmann to call him twentieth-century America’s "first important political philosopher." The book is at once a history of America and its political ideals and an analysis of contemporary ills, from rampant economic inequality to unchecked corporate power. In response, Croly advocated combining the Hamiltonian and Jeffersonian traditions and creating a strong federal government to ensure that all Americans had a fair shot at individual success. The formula still defines American liberalism, and The Promise of American Life continues to resonate today, offering a vital source of renewal for liberals and progressives. For this new edition, Franklin Foer has written a substantial foreword that puts the book in historical context and explains its continuing importance.

About the Author

Herbert Croly (1869-1930) was founding editor of the New Republic. Franklin Foer is the editor of the New Republic and the author of How Soccer Explains the World.