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04991aam a2200553 a 4500 001 41366502C23C11E493B6BB8BDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20150304010041 008 120531s2012 ksu b s001 0beng 010 $a 2012019762 020 $a 9780700619689 020 $a 0700619682 020 $a 0700618864 (cloth : alk. paper) 020 $a 9780700618866 (cloth : alk. paper) 035 $a (OCoLC)788282481 040 $a DLC $b eng $c DLC $d BTCTA $d BDX $d YDXCP $d OCLCO $d CDX $d TLE $d OLC $d BWX $d NTE $d UKMGB $d YUS $d NSB $d KEC $d NLGGC $d OCLCQ $d ZWZ $d EXH $d IOK $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a E757 $b .Y37 2012 082 00 $a B $a B $2 23 084 $a 89.06 $2 bcl 084 $a 15.85 $2 bcl 100 1 $a Yarbrough, Jean M. 245 10 $a Theodore Roosevelt and the American political tradition / $c Jean M. Yarbrough. 260 $a Lawrence : $b University Press of Kansas, $c ©2012. 300 $a xiii, 337 pages ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a American political thought 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-331) and index. 505 0 $a The education of Theodore Roosevelt -- History lessons : Roosevelt's America -- Republican reformer -- Introduction to executive power -- Executive power and republican government -- Progressive crusader -- Epilogue : The "heirs" of Theodore Roosevelt. 520 $a Rough Rider, hunter, trust-buster, president, and Bull Moose candidate. Biographers have long fastened on Teddy Roosevelt as man of action, while largely ignoring his political thought. Now, in time for the centennial of his Progressive run for the presidency, the author provides a searching examination of TR's political thought, especially in relation to the ideas of Washington, Hamilton, and Lincoln, the statesmen TR claimed most to admire. The author sets out not only to explore Roosevelt's vision for America but also to consider what his political ideas have meant for republican self-government. She praises TR for his fighting spirit, his love of country, and efforts to promote republican greatness, but faults him for departing from the political principles of the more nationalistic Founders he esteemed. With the benefit of hindsight, she argues that the progressive policies he came to embrace have over time undermined the very qualities Roosevelt regarded as essential to civic life. In particular, the social welfare policies he championed have eroded industry and self-reliance; the expansion of the regulatory state has multiplied the special interests seeking access to political power; and the bureaucratic experts in whom he reposed such confidence have all too often turned out to be neither disinterested nor effective. She argues that TR's early historical studies, inspired by Darwinian biology and Hegelian political thought, treated westward expansion from an evolutionary and developmental perspective that placed race and conquest at the center of the narrative, while relegating individual rights and consent of the governed to the sidelines. Although his early career showed him to be a moderate Republican reformer, the author argues that even then he did not share Hamilton's enthusiasm for the commercial republic, and substituted an appeal to "abstract duty" for The Federalist's reliance on self-interest. As New York governor and first-term president, TR attempted to strike a "just balance" between democratic and oligarchic interests, but by the end of his presidency he had tipped the balance in favor of progressive policies. From the New Nationalism until his death in 1919, Roosevelt continued to claim the mantle of Washington and Lincoln, even as he moved further from their political principles. Through careful examination of TR's political thought, the book sheds new light on his place in the American political tradition, while enhancing our understanding of the roots of progressivism and its transformation of the Constitution. 600 10 $a Roosevelt, Theodore, $d 1858-1919 $x Political and social views. 651 0 $a United States $x Politics and government $y 1901-1909. 650 0 $a Executive power $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Republicanism $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Political culture $z United States. 600 14 $a Roosevelt, Theodore, $d 1858-1919. 650 17 $a Politieke ideeeÌn. $2 gtt 650 17 $a Politieke cultuur. $2 gtt 651 7 $a Verenigde Staten. $2 gtt 600 17 $a Roosevelt, Theodore $d (1858-1919) $x PenseÌe politique et sociale. $2 ram 651 7 $a EÌtats-Unis $x Politique et gouvernement $y 1901-1909. $2 ram 830 0 $a American political thought. 856 42 $z Additional Information at Google Books $u http://books.google.com/books?isbn=9780700618866 941 $a 3 952 $l USUX851 $d 20210105035808.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20180116145406.0 952 $l SOAX911 $d 20150304010740.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=41366502C23C11E493B6BB8BDAD10320 994 $a C0 $b IOKInitiate Another SILO Locator Search