The House of Truth : a Washington political salon and the foundations of American liberalism

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The House of Truth : a Washington political salon and the foundations of American liberalism

Title remainder

a Washington political salon and the foundations of American liberalism

Statement of responsibility

Brad Snyder

Creator

• Snyder, Brad

Subject

• Liberalism -- United States -- History -- 20th century
• Political culture -- Washington (D.C.) -- History -- 20th century
• Politicians -- United States -- Biography
• Salons -- Washington (D.C.) -- History -- 20th century
• United States -- Politics and government -- 1913-1921
• Intellectuals -- United States -- Biography
• Washington (D.C.) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century
• Washington (D.C.) -- Politics and government -- 20th century
• Washington (D.C.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century
• United States -- Politics and government -- 1919-1933

Genre

• Biography

Language

eng

Summary

"Theodore Roosevelt's Bull Moose campaign. They self-mockingly called the 19th Street row house in which they congregated the 'House of Truth,' playing off the lively dinner discussions with frequent guest (and neighbor) Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. about life's verities. Lippmann and Frankfurter were house-mates, and their frequent guests included not merely Holmes but Louis Brandeis, Herbert Hoover, Louis Croly--founder of the New Republic--and the sculptor (and sometime Klansman) Gutzon Borglum, later the creator of the Mount Rushmore monument. Weaving together the stories and trajectories of these varied, fascinating, combative, and sometimes contradictory figures, Brad Snyder shows how their thinking about government and policy shifted from a firm belief in progressivism--the belief that the government should protect its workers and regulate monopolies--into what we call liberalism--the belief that government can improve citizens' lives without abridging their civil liberties and, eventually, civil rights. Holmes replaced Roosevelt in their affections and aspirations. His famous dissents from 1919 onward showed how the Due Process clause could protect not just business but equality under the law, revealing how a generally conservative and reactionary Supreme Court might embrace, even initiate, political and social reform. Across the years, from 1912 until the start of the New Deal in 1933, the remarkable group of individuals associated with the House of Truth debated the future of America"--Provided by publisher

Biography type

contains biographical information

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

975.3/03

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

F199

LC item number

.S67 2017

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Target audience

adult