Project Gutenberg 2014-07-23 Public domain in the USA. 57 Shaw, Leslie M. (Leslie Mortier) 1848 1932 Shaw, Leslie Mortier 20000108 Vanishing Landmarks: The Trend Toward Bolshevism Reading ease score: 57.6 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. Produced by Larry B. Harrison, Fred Salzer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net from images generously made available by The Internet Archive (http://archive.org/). "Vanishing Landmarks: The Trend Toward Bolshevism" by Leslie M. Shaw is a political treatise written in the early 20th century. The book critiques the growing influence of socialism and bolshevism in the United States following World War I, arguing for the preservation of a republic governed by representative democracy rather than direct democracy. Shaw draws from historical examples and philosophical reasoning to discuss the importance of maintaining established governmental structures to protect individual freedoms and societal order. The opening of the text sets the tone for Shaw's exploration of the fundamental differences between a republic and a democracy, emphasizing the risks of treating the two as interchangeable. He asserts that the founders intentionally designed the American government as a republic— with elected representatives— to prevent populism from leading to chaos. Shaw warns against the dangers of disregarding this distinction and reflects on historical moments when the wisdom of representatives has saved the nation from ill-fated popular demands. Through evocative language and cautionary tales, Shaw invites readers to reflect on their civic responsibilities and the importance of informed decision-making in preserving the principles of republican governance. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/46380/46380-h/images/cover.jpg en United States -- Politics and government United States -- Social conditions HN Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Politics Browsing: Sociology 355277 2024-10-19T11:49:16.733497 2023-09-20T07:25:01.847482 text/html text/html 357051 2014-07-22T19:14:10 text/html; charset=utf-8 291768 2014-07-22T19:15:08 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 347755 2024-10-19T11:49:23.369493 application/epub+zip 344761 2024-10-19T11:49:17.919549 application/epub+zip 241034 2024-10-19T11:49:17.342561 application/epub+zip 425563 2024-10-19T11:49:27.522457 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 379775 2024-10-19T11:49:22.755499 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 276844 2022-09-21T06:03:49.956393 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 311697 2024-10-19T11:49:15.942522 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 313006 2014-07-22T19:14:04 text/plain; charset=utf-8 114076 2014-07-22T19:15:08 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 311433 2014-07-22T19:14:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 113748 2014-07-22T19:15:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21322 2024-10-19T11:49:27.683933 application/rdf+xml 16481 2024-10-19T11:49:17.434486 image/jpeg 2409 2024-10-19T11:49:17.388488 image/jpeg 315115 2024-10-19T11:49:16.769493 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog