La Follette's autobiography : a personal narrative of political experiences with a foreword by Allan Nevins / Robert M. La Follette.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Madison, Wisconsin : The University of Wisconsin Press, [2013]Copyright date: ©2013Description: x, 349 pages ; photograph, 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780299297145 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Other title:
  • A personal narrative of political experiences [Distinctive title]
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 324.973/912 23
LOC classification:
  • E 664.L16 L16 2013
Online resources:
Contents:
I Political beginnings -- II In the House of Representatives -- III The Reed congress and the new national issues -- IV The crucial period of my public life -- V Six years' struggle with the Wisconsin bosses -- VI My first term as governor and the problems I had to meet -- VII How we passed the Railroad Taxation Laws -- VIII Progressive government produces business prosperity: what was accomplished in Wisconsin -- IX Alone in the Senate: experiences with Roosevelt: railroad rate legislation -- X Reinforcements: a national progressive movement -- XI Why I became a candidate for the presidency - Taft's unavailability - a complete history of Roosevelt's course after his return from Africa - formation of the organized progressive movement - pressure for a real progressive candidate -- XII The true history of the campaign of 1912 for the Republican nomination for the presidency -- XIII Why I continued as a candidate - Roosevelt never a progressive - his record -- Appendix Speech of Robert M. La Follette delivered at the annual banquet of the Periodical Publishers Association
Summary: "For an understanding of Bossism, Reform, and Progressivism, as they were known in the United States between 1890 and 1912, this book is the most illuminating as well as the most interesting work in existence. It carries us into the very heart of Progressive sentiment and principle...." from Foreword by Allan Nevins, 1960Summary: "Written in a clear, vigorous style, this account of Robert M. La Follette's political life and philosophy is not only a personal history, but, in a large measure, a history of the progressive cause throughout the United States." - from the back cover
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Includes index.

Includes index.

I Political beginnings -- II In the House of Representatives -- III The Reed congress and the new national issues -- IV The crucial period of my public life -- V Six years' struggle with the Wisconsin bosses -- VI My first term as governor and the problems I had to meet -- VII How we passed the Railroad Taxation Laws -- VIII Progressive government produces business prosperity: what was accomplished in Wisconsin -- IX Alone in the Senate: experiences with Roosevelt: railroad rate legislation -- X Reinforcements: a national progressive movement -- XI Why I became a candidate for the presidency - Taft's unavailability - a complete history of Roosevelt's course after his return from Africa - formation of the organized progressive movement - pressure for a real progressive candidate -- XII The true history of the campaign of 1912 for the Republican nomination for the presidency -- XIII Why I continued as a candidate - Roosevelt never a progressive - his record -- Appendix Speech of Robert M. La Follette delivered at the annual banquet of the Periodical Publishers Association

"For an understanding of Bossism, Reform, and Progressivism, as they were known in the United States between 1890 and 1912, this book is the most illuminating as well as the most interesting work in existence. It carries us into the very heart of Progressive sentiment and principle...." from Foreword by Allan Nevins, 1960

"Written in a clear, vigorous style, this account of Robert M. La Follette's political life and philosophy is not only a personal history, but, in a large measure, a history of the progressive cause throughout the United States." - from the back cover

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