America and the Future of Man Essay Two
Professor Carl N. Degler argues that American history remains globally relevant as a model and source of social innovation. He notes the United States as the first New Nation, its unique path from agrarian to industrial strength, and the enduring idea of equality shaping world views and reforms.
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America
Thomas Jefferson
John Winthrop
Massachusetts
United States
Jefferson
Asia
Africa
Nikita Khrushchev
Seymour Lipset
New World
Michael Harrington
Greece
Hungary
Brazil
Holland
France
Europe
Japan
Latin America
Carl Degler
Equality as a concept shaping history and world change
The article cites historical data on population and urbanization while arguing that the idea all men are created equal challenges traditional authority. It traces equality’s spread from America to Europe and Asia, labeling it a core driver of social conformity and political shifts. Next Sunday features Dr. Oscar Handlin of Harvard speaking at the Pforzheimer center.
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America
Lincoln
de Tocqueville
American Republic
Nations
United States
Oscar Handlin
Pforzheimer University
Charles Warren Center For Studies of American History
Harvard
Inventory Unit To Play Games With Computer
Cedar Valley chapter of the American Production and Inventory Control society will hold its regular monthly meeting Tuesday. Dinner at the Athletic club in Iowa City begins cocktails at 6 30 p m and dinner at 7 15 p m. Afterward the group visits the University of Iowa business administration department computer facility at Phillips Hall. Dr Warren J Boe will host an audience participation program using the department’s Hewlett Packard computer with interactive terminals. He has taught at the University of Florida and University of Iowa and is starting his fourth year there. The meeting for production and inventory control work or computer use begins at 8 30 p m at Phillips Hall. There is no charge.
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Cedar Valley
American Production and Inventory Control Society
Athletic Club
Iowa City
University of Iowa Business Administration
Phillips Hall
Warren J. Boe
Hewlett- Packard
Boe
Luther College
Iowa State
Purdue
University of Florida
University of Iowa
Linn Dentists To Hear Stuhr
John H. Stuhr an insurance consultant will address Linn County Dental Society members Tuesday evening. The talk titled Objective Financial Planning Who Needs It covers discriminating buying of financial goods and the importance of setting investment and estate planning objectives. Stuhr has 25 years in East Iowa insurance and financial consulting and the chartered life underwriter designation since 1956.
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John H. Stuhr
Country Club Parkway
Linn County Dental Society
Montrose Hotel
Stuhr
East
Iowa
Chartered Life
Federal Period Mansion at State Street Shrine
The only surviving Federal Period mansion in lower Manhattan stands at No 7 State Street near the Battery. Built in 1794 by James McComb Jr it now serves as the shrine of Blessed Mother Seton.
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New York
APS
Lower Manhattan
State Street
Battery
James McComb, Jr
Mother Seton
Bumper Grape Crop To California Wineries
California wineries crush the largest wine-grape crop in state history, with about 900000 tons harvested. The bumper year tops 1972’s 570000 tons and 1969’s 775000 tons, as growers reap vines that yield 160 to 180 gallons of wine per ton.
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California Wineries
Nia Wineries
World Communist Conference Hinted Chinese Reds Expulsion
Ten years ago a world conference of communist parties was planned with the expectation that the Chinese Reds would be expelled from the international movement.
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Communist Parties
International Movement
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India
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U.S
Linn
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Klinger’s
Std Ave
Napa, Calif
Califor
Goldovsky Grand Opera
Plocind
Coe Auditorium
Regency South
Thompson Dr. S.E
Cedar Rapids
Bjornsen Investment Corporation
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