American Individualism

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  • Bog, paperback
  • Engelsk
  • 100 sider

Beskrivelse

In late 1921, then secretary of commerce Herbert Hoover decided to distill from his experiences a coherent understanding of the American experiment he cherished. The result was the 1922 book American Individualism. In it, Hoover expounded and vigorously defended what has come to be called American exceptionalism: the set of beliefs and values that still makes America unique. He argued that America can make steady, sure progress if we preserve our individualism, preserve and stimulate the initiative of our people, insist on and maintain the safeguards to equality of opportunity, and honor service as a part of our national character. American Individualism asserts that equal opportunity for individuals to develop their abilities is the sole source of progress and the fundamental impulse behind American civilization for three now four centuries. More than ninety years have passed since this book was first published; it is clear, in retrospect, that the volume was partly motivated by the political controversies of the time. But American Individualism is not simply a product of a dim and receding past. To a considerable degree the ideological battles of Hoover s era are the battles of our own, and the interpretations we make of our past particularly the years between 1921 and 1933 will mold our perspective on the crises of the present."

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Detaljer
  • SprogEngelsk
  • Sidetal100
  • Udgivelsesdato01-12-2016
  • ISBN139780817920159
  • Forlag Hoover Institution Press
  • FormatPaperback
  • Udgave0
Størrelse og vægt
  • Vægt113 g
  • Dybde1 cm
  • coffee cup img
    10 cm
    book img
    11,1 cm
    17,5 cm

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