In 1914, a brilliant young political journalist published a book arguing that the United States had entered a period of drift--a lack of control over rapidly changing forces in society.
He highlighted the tensions between expansion and consolidation, traditionalism and progressivism, and emotion and rationality.
He wrote to convince readers that they could balance these tensions: they could be organized, efficient, and functional without sacrificing impulse, choice, or liberty.
Mastery over.
| Tensions | They could be organized efficient and functional without sacrificing impulse choice or liberty |
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University Of Wisconsin Press Drift and mastery: an attempt to diagnose the current unrest, paperback/walter lippmann
