Herbert Hoover: forgotten progressive

by Hoff, Joan

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Title Statements

Full title :Herbert Hoover : forgotten progressive / Joan Hoff Wilson ; edited by Oscar Handlin.

Summary

This book examines the life of one of America's least favored presidents. Herbert Hoover's career followed a pattern familiar in the history of the United States : humble beginnings surmounted by hard work and tremendous ambition, wealth, public service and, eventually, the presidency. From his Quaker youth he acquired morals and values that he would preserve throughout his entire life. These values ultimately created an unbridgeable gulf between him and U.S. citizens as he confronted the Great Depression soon after taking office. There would always be little comprehension between the president and the people who looked to him for leadership. He died unpopular and isolated, disowned by his own party, embittered by the lack of understanding, and convinced that the burden of blame for the depression had been thrust on him unfairly. This volume seeks to shed light not only on the man and his career, but also on the evolving nation that rejected him.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:1992.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Waveland Press
Place of Publication:Prospect Heights, Ill
Language:eng
Publication Date:1992.

Notes

"Reissued by Waveland Press, Inc. under arrangement with Harper Collins Publishers, New York"--Title page verso

Originally published: Boston : Little, Brown, 1975.

The Physical Object

Description:viii, 307 pages : : illustrations ; : 20 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0881337056, 9780881337051
oclc:ocm28141322
LC Classification:E802
Dewey Decimal:973.916092

The Quaker as man of the world -- The engineer as progressive -- The progressive in transition -- The progressive as domestic dynamo -- The progressive in time of depression -- The progressive as diplomatist -- The republican as forgotten progressive -- The Quaker out of tune with the world -- The old and new Hoover.