American ideal; Theodore Roosevelt's search for American individualism.9780739126073 American ideal; Theodore Roosevelt's search for American individualism. Rego REGO Reinventing Government REGO Renewable Energy Guarantee of Origin (UK) , Paul M. Lexington Books 2008 233 pages $75.00 Hardcover E757 Theodore Roosevelt, the bluff outdoorsman who gave his name to the Teddy bear, is politically an enigma. Rego (politics, Messiah College Messiah College is a Christian liberal arts college of the liberal and applied arts and sciences with approximately 3,000 undergraduate students in over 60 majors/courses of study, located in the rolling hills of south central Pennsylvania in the United States. PA) notes that both George W. Bush and Bill Clinton mentioned Roosevelt as a role model. Idealist, individualist in·di·vid·u·al·ist n. 1. One that asserts individuality by independence of thought and action. 2. An advocate of individualism. in , Bull Moose Bull Moose n. A member or supporter of the U.S. Progressive Party founded to support the presidential candidacy of Theodore Roosevelt in 1912. [From the party's emblem.] , Roosevelt believed in being a leader in the literal sense, changing lives by example. Using contemporary documents and Roosevelt's own writings, Rego traces the development of the political ideology of our twenty-sixth president from its roots in the Progressive movement and Social Darwinism social Darwinism Theory that persons, groups, and “races” are subject to the same laws of natural selection as Charles Darwin had proposed for plants and animals in nature. , through the tempering of his years as president, ending in the tragedy of the First World War. Rego's work also reflects the transition from unfettered capitalism to federal controls over business. ([c]20082005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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