+ N Y Times p8 D 19 ’20 50w
“Will be found particularly entertaining to young readers.”
+ Springf’d Republican p7a D 12 ’20 60w
FRIEDMAN, ELISHA MICHAEL, ed. America and the new era; a symposium on social reconstruction; with a foreword by Herbert Hoover. *$6 Dutton 330.973
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“Instead of proposing reconstruction, most of the contributors to the symposium content themselves with pointing out ways and means by which our present social system may be improved. Professor J. H. Hollander shows that war is the very negation of economic progress. Professor R. T. Ely outlines a land policy with widespread ownership and limitation of holdings as its chief feature. Dr Frederic C. Howe favors selective immigration. Dr Edward A. Fitzpatrick calls for improvements in public administration. Professor Victor J. West shows the need of further amendments to the Constitution, especially for the purpose of establishing a congressional cabinet, or other forms of responsible government. Professor Chas. B. Davenport indicates the possibility of racial improvement by sex control among superior stocks, by sterilization of criminals, segregation of the feebleminded, and better marriage laws. Professor Warner Fite makes a plea for individualism. There are also contributions on education, vocational guidance, delinquency and crime, control of venereal diseases, recreation, nervous strain, mental hygiene, and other important subjects.”—Review
+ Ann Am Acad 93:225 Ja ’21 70w
“It is a very ambitious volume and is worth having, not only for its good points but also to learn about a certain common attitude in much of the present discussion on religion and the family.”
+ − Cath World 112:694 F ’21 160w + Ind 104:248 N 13 ’20 50w