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The Midwest Quarterly: A Journal of Contemporary Thought

Contents

ARTICLES

Maynard Jackson's 1973 Election as Mayor of Atlanta

Helping the World's Poor: A New Approach to Foreign Aid

The Devil or Beelzebub: Diplomacy and Morality

Does Corruption Pay?

Historic Preservation in Missouri: A Recent View

George Macaulay Trevelyan and the Art of History: A Centenary Reappraisal

NOTE

Television Drama: The Appeals of the Senate Watergate Hearings

SKETCH

Staying Home from Vicchio

REVIEW

The Presidency of James Buchanan by Elbert B. Smith

Abstract

in this issue . . .

DUNCAN R. JAMIESON, who looks into Atlanta's biracial politics, received his Ph. D. from Michigan State University and teaches history at the University of Alabama. He has published on a number of topics related to urban reforms.

CLARENCE D. LONG, who suggests that we redirect our foreign aid, received his Ph. D. from Princeton and was Professor of Economics at Johns Hopkins before his election to the U.S. Congress, where he represents Maryland's second district. He is the author of seven books. His major articles began to appear in 1936, and he has continued to publish since going to Washington in 1963.

D. E. SHEPARDSON, who writes about morality and foreign policy, received his Ph. D. from the University of Illinois and teaches history at the University of Northern Iowa. His articles on diplomatic history have appeared in a number of journals including MQ.

WILLIAM W. BURTON, who inquires into the wages of corruption, received his Ph. D. from the University of Wisconsin and is chairman of the Department of History at Western Illinois University. He has published several books, and his articles and reviews have appeared in more than a dozen journals.

RONALD W. JOHNSON, who writes about historical preservation in Missouri, received his Ph. D. from the University of Missouri—Columbia. He is employed as a historian by the National Park Service. All his publications have dealt with American history.

WALTER L. ARNSTEIN, who reappraises the career and influence of Trevelyan, received his Ph. D. from Northwestern University and is chairman of the Department of History at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He has published two books on English history and numerous articles and reviews.

DAVID L. PALETZ, who writes about the audience appeal of the Watergate hearings, teaches political science at Duke University. He has published a number of articles and is the author of a book on public-service advertising to be published soon by Praeger.

ROBERT RATZLAFF, who reviews Elbert B. Smith's book on Buchanan's presidency, received his Ph. D. from the University of Kansas and teaches history at KSCP. His chief research interest 1s American political history.

GIBBONS RUARK, whose prose piece (which will be the proem to his new collection of poems, Reeds) takes the place of our regular poetry section, teaches at the University of Delaware. He has recently returned from Italy.

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