The Promise of American Life

About this film

LibriVox recording of The Promise of American Life by Herbert Croly. Read in English by progressingamerica The book is said to "offer a manifesto of Progressive beliefs" that "anticipated the transition from competitive to corporate capitalism and from limited government to the welfare state." By Croly’s death in 1930, only 7,500 copies of The Promise of American Life had been sold. Despite this, the book was immensely influential, even influencing Theodore Roosevelt to adopt the platform of The New Nationalism. For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit librivox.org . M4B Audiobook 01-27 (214MB) M4B Audiobook 28-54 (296MB)

Directors & creators

Herbert Croly

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks;philosophy; non-fiction

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