Toward an American Conservatism [electronic resource] : Constitutional Conservatism during the Progressive Era /
Postell, Joseph W.author.
O'Neill, Johnathan.author.
During the Progressive Era (1880-1920), leading thinkers and politicians transformed American politics. Historians and political scientists have given a great deal of attention to the progressives who effected this transformation. Yet relatively little is known about the conservatives who opposed these progressive innovations, despite the fact that they played a major role in the debates and outcomes of this period of American history. These early conservatives represent a now-forgotten source of inspiration for modern American conservatism. This volume gives these constitutional conservatives their first full explanation and demonstrates their ongoing relevance to contemporary American conservatism.
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Toward an American Conservatism: Constitutional Conservatism during the Progressive Era; Contents; Introduction: The Conservative Response to Progressivism: Myth and Reality; Notes; Chapter 1: Constitutional Conservatism during Progressive Era: The National Association for Constitutional Government and The Constitutional Review; Conservatives Alienated from American Constitutionalism; Constitutional Conservatives in the Progressive Era; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 2: The Progressive Origins of Conservative Hostility to Lochner v. New York
The Progressive Critique of Lochner and Other Liberty of Contract CasesThe Origins of the Liberty of Contract Doctrine; The Emergence of Conservative Hostility to Lochner; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 3: William Howard Taft and the Struggle for the Soul of the Constitution; Taft as President: Dwelling in the Shadow of Theodore Roosevelt; Whose Constitution Is It? The Constitutional Battle of 1912; Conclusion: Rediscovering Taft in a Progressive Age; Notes; Chapter 4: The Election of 1912 and the Origins of Constitutional Conservatism; Roosevelt's Program of Constitutional Reform
Root's Legislative ProgressivismRoot's Constitutional Conservatism; Constitutional Conservatives in the Republican Contest of 1912; Chairman Root and the 1912 Republican Convention; Winning the Convention, Losing History's Verdict?; The Revival of Constitutional Conservatism; Notes; Chapter 5: William Howard Taft on America and the Philippines: Equality, Natural Rights, and Imperialism; The Two Traditions in American Foreign Policy; The Social Compact Theory and AmericanForeign Policy: The Security of Rights; The Social Compact Theory and Foreign Policy: Equality and Consent
The Principles of the Founding and Historical ProgressIndependence as the Key Foreign Policy Following from the Principles of the Founding; The Debate on the Philippines and the Turn to Imperialism; Taft's Semi-Progressivism: America's Mission in the World; Taft's Rejection of the Founding: Consent, Imperialism, and Slavery; Imperialism, American Independence, and American Character; Taft's Qualified Historicism and the Relevance of the Founding Principles; Notes; Chapter 6: Civilization versus Modernity: The League of Nations in the Crisis of World Civilization
World Civilization: Momentum, Resurgence, and Disarray"The Best Assurance of the Best Civilization":The League in Contrast to the UN; Overwhelming Support throughout the World and the Tragedy of Woodrow Wilson; The League in Operation and Collapse; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 7: "Roaring" against Progressivism: Calvin Coolidge's Principled Conservatism; Coolidge's Conservatism and Respect for Tradition; Coolidge's Blend of Tradition and Theory; Providence and Progress; Human Nature and Political Principle; Constitutional Structure: Federalism and the Proper Role of Government
Economic Policy and Constitutional Principle
Includes bibliographical references and index.
During the Progressive Era (1880-1920), leading thinkers and politicians transformed American politics. Historians and political scientists have given a great deal of attention to the progressives who effected this transformation. Yet relatively little is known about the conservatives who opposed these progressive innovations, despite the fact that they played a major role in the debates and outcomes of this period of American history. These early conservatives represent a now-forgotten source of inspiration for modern American conservatism. This volume gives these constitutional conservatives their first full explanation and demonstrates their ongoing relevance to contemporary American conservatism.
World politics.
America—History.
Europe—Politics and government.
Political theory.
Political science.
United States—History.
Political History.
History of the Americas.
European Politics.
Political Theory.
Political Science.
US History.