Woodrow Wilson: Essential Writings and Speeches of the Scholar-presidentNYU Press, 2006 - 429 Seiten 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. |
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... interest. Arranged topically, they reflect the range of his interests and ideas. Where necessary for appropriate focus and length, editing has been done with care to retain the original sense and spirit of his thought. Deletions are ...
... interest in theology, his moral vision was influenced by Calvinist doctrine, including a persistent belief in predestination. For Wilson the world was ordered by God from the beginning, a conviction that contributed to his personal ...
... interest in contemporary politics. He gave a se- ries of lectures in 1907 that became the basis for his work Constitutional Government in the United States, and revealed some development in his thought. Observing Theodore Roosevelt in ...
... interest in running for public office. New Jersey was stubbornly resistant to the progressive reform ideas that had infected both political parties in much of the nation. A small progressive insurgency troubled the state's Republicans ...
... interest in over one hundred major corporations valued at more than $22 billion. Even those untroubled by Wall Street's influence hoped for legislation that might encourage greater stability in financial markets. The problem had been ...
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On Education and Scholarship | 106 |
The Historian | 147 |
The Political Scientist | 218 |
New Jersey Politics | 313 |
Road to the White House | 341 |
President Wilson | 366 |
Plenary Session of the Peace Conference | 407 |
at Pueblo Colorado | 411 |
About the Editor | 429 |