| Description |
[viii], 324 pages : portraits ; 23 cm |
| Series |
Problems in American history |
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Problems in American history.
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| Contents |
Introduction: The New Deal in Historical Perspective -- 1. From New Era Prosperity to a World in Depression -- 2. The Politics of the Great Depression -- 3. Why the Old Deal Failed -- 4. America Impoverished -- 5. Out of Disorder, a New Deal -- 6. A New Deal in One Hundred Days -- 7. The Problem of Recovery -- 8. Reconstructing Capitalism -- 9. Mass Movements and New Deal Liberalism -- 10. The Second New Deal -- 11. The End of the New Deal -- Epilogue: The Legacy of the New Deal -- App. A Partial Chronology of Civil Unrest and Financial Panic, the Winter of 1932-33 |
| Summary |
"In this volume, Ronald Edsforth presents a fresh synthesis of the most critical years in twentieth-century American history. The book describes the collapse of American capitalism in the early 1930s, and the subsequent remaking of the U.S. economy during Franklin D. Roosevelt's presidency. Edsforth places the New Deal in the context of its own time, as a response to both the failed policies of the Hoover years and the rise of fascism overseas. Students and general readers alike will understand and appreciate the swift and effective actions of the Roosevelt administration that reversed the Depression and alleviated human suffering. With notable clarity, Edsforth shows how New Deal reforms created greater economic security and fostered movements for social justice."--BOOK JACKET |
| Analysis |
Estados Unidos de América Historia Gran Depresión, 1933-1945 |
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Estados Unidos de América Condiciones económicas 1918-1945 |
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Estados Unidos de América Condiciones sociales 1918-1945 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
| Subject |
New Deal, 1933-1939.
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Depressions -- 1929 -- United States.
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- History -- 1933-1945. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140299
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United States -- Economic conditions -- 1918-1945.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140023
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United States -- Social conditions -- 1933-1945. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140517
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| LC no. |
99043955 |
| ISBN |
1577181425 |
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1577181433 |
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