Woodrow Wilson [[electronic resource] ] : Essential Writings and Speeches of the Scholar-President / / edited and introduced by Mario R. DiNunzio

• Autore: Wilson Woodrow <1856-1924.>
• Pubblicazione: New York : , : New York University Press, , [2006]; ©2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (459 p.)
• Disciplina: 973.91/3; 973.913
• Soggetto topico: Speeches, addresses, etc., American
• Soggetto geografico: United States Politics and government 1865-1933; United States Social conditions 1865-1918; United States Foreign relations 1913-1921; United States Politics and government 1913-1921
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: Di NunzioMario R. <1936->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 421-422) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; Chronology; Preface; INTRODUCTION; Woodrow Wilson: Scholar-President; 1 On Religion; Early Religious Essays; The Clergyman and the State; The Bible and Progress; 2 Biographical Sketches; William Earl Chatham; John Bright; An Old Master: Adam Smith; Edmund Burke: The Man and His Times; Benjamin Franklin; Abraham Lincoln: A Man of the People; 3 On Education and Scholarship; True Scholarship; On the Study of Politics:Address to Princeton Alumni; Mere Literature; Inaugural Address as President of Princeton; The Princeton Preceptorial System ; My Ideal of the True UniversityOn the Importance of the Liberal Arts: Address to the Association of American Universities; 4 The Historian; On the Writing of History; The Course of American History; The Making of the Nation; States Rights; The Reconstruction of the Southern States; The Significance of American History; 5 The Political Scientist; Cabinet Government in the United States; Congressional Government; Socialism and Democracy; The State; The English Constitution; Democracy; Presidential Address to the American PoliticalScience Association: The Law and the Facts; 6 New Jersey Politics ; Government and BusinessConservatism: True and False; Inaugural as Governor; The Democratic Opportunity; Campaign Speech for Governorship; 7 Road to the White House; A Labor Day Address in Buffalo; The New Freedom; Appeal to Republicans; 8 President Wilson; Presidential Inaugural Address; Address at Gettysburg; Addressing Congress on Tariff andAnti-Trust Reforms; Remarks on Women's Suffrage; An Address on Latin American Policy; On Relations with Mexico; An Appeal for Neutrality in World War I; Essential Terms for Peace in Europe ; Address to a Joint Session of CongressCalling for a Declaration of WarThe Fourteen Points; League of Nations Address before the SecondPlenary Session of the Peace Conference; Appeal for Support of the League of Nationsat Pueblo, Colorado; Bibliography; Index; About the Editor
• Sommario/riassunto: From the Ivy League to the oval office, Woodrow Wilson was the only professional scholar to become a U.S. president. A professor of history and political science, Wilson became the dynamic president of Princeton University in 1902 and was one of its most prolific scholars before entering active politics. Through his labors as student, scholar, and statesman, he left a legacy of elegant writings on everything from educational reform to religion to history and politics. Woodrow Wilson: Essential Writings and Speeches of the Scholar-President collects Wilson's most influential work, from early es
• Titolo autorizzato: Woodrow Wilson
• ISBN: 0-8147-8545-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910827013203321
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