Thomas J. Tacoma

The Political Thought of Calvin Coolidge

Burkean Americanist

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Produktbeschreibung

Arguing that Calvin Coolidge was a Burkean conservative and an Americanist politician, Tacoma analyzes the way Coolidge responded to the challenge of upholding American civilization in a changing world by contextualizing Coolidge's thought in the Progressive milieu of the age and examining the core of Coolidge's political thought: civilization.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 226
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. September 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 526g
• ISBN-13: 9781793624413
• ISBN-10: 1793624410
• Artikelnr.: 59938392

Autorenporträt

Thomas J. Tacoma is assistant professor of history and political science at Blue Mountain College.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Coolidge, Progressivism, and American Civilization
Chapter One: Coolidge's Era: A Progressive America
Chapter Two: Origins of Coolidge's Political Philosophy
Chapter Three: The Political Philosophy of Calvin Coolidge: Coolidge on the
Meaning of Civilization and Progress
Chapter Four: Coolidge's Interpretation of American History
Chapter Five: Coolidge, the American Regime, and Progressivism
Chapter Six: Coolidge and the Political Economy of Progressive Civilization
Chapter Seven: Calvin Coolidge's Foreign Policy Thought
Conclusion: Coolidge, Conservatism, and the Meaning of American
Civilization