The Republican Roosevelt

by John Morton Blum

Book Overview

This is a book about politics and politicians; about elections, lawmaking, governing, and how they work. It is also about power, its increasing concentration in American society, and its implications... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674763025
• Release Date: January 1977
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.3" x 0.6" x 5.4"

Customer Reviews

Roosevelt as Progressive Conservative

I read this book over twenty years ago and remember it as very well written and particularly illuminating on Theodore Roosevelt's patrician approach to Progressivism. The offers an exciting and concise view of the how Roosevelt established an important, if limited, role for government in American economic life. It shows how much difference one man can make to both his political party and to his nation. The book was written at a time when the legacy of Teddy Roosevelt was very much in the shadow of FDRoosevelt's new deal. It provides an intense contrast with the current, sorry state of the Republican party and national politics, in general.