American Politics Political Parties And Party Problems In The United States Classic Reprint

Author : James Albert Woodburn
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330365892
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (658 download)

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Download or read book American Politics Political Parties and Party Problems in the United States written by James Albert Woodburn and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-16 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from American Politics Political Parties and Party Problems in the United States Other educational agencies, the home, the press, the pulpit, the literary club, the civic federation, have all been emphasizing the need of civic training. All education by the State has the education of its citizenship for its primary purpose. While it is to be fully recognized that all subjects in the schools - the mathematics, the languages, science, history, literature - may be equally useful in producing an educated citizenship, and while all education has this largely for its aim, yet there is a widespread and natural public demand for the special study of those subjects that relate directly and especially to our political life. All educational agencies in America are recognizing this demand, and consequently the study of "Civics" - Politics is a better term - is being very widely cultivated and promoted. No effort that may still further promote this educational tendency can come amiss. The true students of Politics will understand that the only firm foundation for his science rests on History. To study Politics in any serious sense is but to make a large use of History, to learn the lessons of experience for future guidance. With this thought in mind I have devoted nearly half of my volume to a sketch of party history, in the attempt to reduce within a narrow compass, not what may be claimed as a history, but what may be offered merely as an outline sketch of American parties under the Constitution. The sketch may serve to introduce the reader to further inquiry and study, and this study will surely lead him to appreciate the truth for which the late Professor Seeley so ably contended, that the chief purpose in the study of History is to study Politics, to study the life and progress of the state, the motives, means, and processes by which men have built and conducted their commonwealths. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.