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Toward an American conservatism constitutional conservatism during the progressive era /

This volume seeks both to give constitutional conservatives their first full treatment, and to demonstrate the ongoing relevance of early conservatives to contemporary American conservatism.

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Group Author: Postell, Joseph W.; O'Neill, Johnathan.
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Literature type: Electronic Software eBook
Language: English
Subjects:
Conservatism > United States.
Progressivism (United States politics)
Conservatism & right-of-centre democratic ideologies > c 1800 to c 1900.
Political science & theory > c 1800 to c 1900.
Political parties > c 1800 to c 1900.
Politics and Government.
United States > Politics and government.
Online Access: http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9781137300966
Summary: This volume seeks both to give constitutional conservatives their first full treatment, and to demonstrate the ongoing relevance of early conservatives to contemporary American conservatism.
Praise to come.
Item Description: Electronic book text.
Epublication based on: 9781137300959, 2013.
Carrier Form: 288 p.
ISBN: 9781137300966 :
1137300965 :
CLC: D771.264
Contents: Introduction-- Johnathan O'Neill and Joseph Postell 1. Constitutional Conservatism During the Progressive Era: The National Association for Constitutional Government and Constitutional Review-- Johnathan O'Neill 2. The Progressive Origins of Conservative Hostility to Lochner v. New York-- David E. Bernstein 3. William Howard Taft and the Struggle for the Soul of the Constitution-- Sidney M. Milkis 4. The Election of 1912 and the Origins of Constitutional Conservatism-- William Schambra 5. William Howard Taft on America and the Philippines: Equality, Natural Rights, and Imperialism-- John Grant 6. Civilization versus Modernity: The League of Nations in the Crisis of World Civilization-- W. Taylor Reveley 7. 'Roaring' against Progressivism: Calvin Coolidge's Principled Conservatism-- Joseph Postell 8. Rational Compromise: Charles Evans Hughes as a Progressive Originalist-- James R. Stoner, Jr. 9. The Two Phases of Herbert Hoover's Constitutional Conservatism-- Gordon Lloyd and David Davenport Epilogue-- Charles Kesler.

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