A Concise History of the New Deal

A Concise History of the New Deal
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 227
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ISBN-10 : 9780521877213
ISBN-13 : 0521877210
Rating : 4/5 (13 Downloads)

Synopsis A Concise History of the New Deal by : Jason Scott Smith

This book provides a history of the New Deal, exploring the institutional, political, and cultural changes experienced by the United States during the Great Depression.

The New Deal

The New Deal
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 514
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ISBN-10 : 9781439154489
ISBN-13 : 1439154481
Rating : 4/5 (89 Downloads)

Synopsis The New Deal by : Michael Hiltzik

From first to last the New Deal was a work in progress, a patchwork of often contradictory ideas.

The Great Depression and New Deal

The Great Depression and New Deal
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Publisher : OUP USA
Total Pages : 161
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ISBN-10 : 9780195326345
ISBN-13 : 0195326342
Rating : 4/5 (45 Downloads)

Synopsis The Great Depression and New Deal by : Eric Rauchway

The Great Depression forced the United States to adopt policies at odds with its political traditions. This title looks at the background to the Depression, its social impact, and at the various governmental attempts to deal with the crisis.

The South and the New Deal

The South and the New Deal
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Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Total Pages : 222
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ISBN-10 : 9780813157344
ISBN-13 : 081315734X
Rating : 4/5 (44 Downloads)

Synopsis The South and the New Deal by : Roger Biles

When Franklin D. Roosevelt was sworn in as president, the South was unmistakably the most disadvantaged part of the nation. The region's economy was the weakest, its educational level the lowest, its politics the most rigid, and its laws and social mores the most racially slanted. Moreover, the region was prostrate from the effects of the Great Depression. Roosevelt's New Deal effected significant changes on the southern landscape, challenging many traditions and laying the foundations for subsequent alterations in the southern way of life. At the same time, firmly entrenched values and institutions militated against change and blunted the impact of federal programs. In The South and the New Deal, Roger Biles examines the New Deal's impact on the rural and urban South, its black and white citizens, its poor, and its politics. He shows how southern leaders initially welcomed and supported the various New Deal measures but later opposed a continuation or expansion of these programs because they violated regional convictions and traditions. Nevertheless, Biles concludes, the New Deal, coupled with the domestic effects of World War II, set the stage for a remarkable postwar transformation in the affairs of the region. The post-World War II Sunbelt boom has brought Dixie more fully into the national mainstream. To what degree did the New Deal disrupt southern distinctiveness? Biles answers this and other questions and explores the New Deal's enduring legacy in the region.

A New Deal for the American People

A New Deal for the American People
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 274
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ISBN-10 : 0875801617
ISBN-13 : 9780875801612
Rating : 4/5 (17 Downloads)

Synopsis A New Deal for the American People by : Roger Biles

Discusses the factors contributing to the Great Depression and weighs the New Deal's successes and failures.

A Concise American History

A Concise American History
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 638
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ISBN-10 : 9781000057720
ISBN-13 : 1000057720
Rating : 4/5 (20 Downloads)

Synopsis A Concise American History by : David Brown

Expertly steering readers through the often tumultuous and exhilarating history of the United States, from its early modern Native American roots to twenty-first-century neoliberalism and the shifting political climate of the past decade, this highly readable textbook provides a compelling overview of American development over the last five centuries. This book avoids either celebratory or condemnatory rhetoric to present a critical examination of domestic America and its interaction with the rest of the world. Balancing coverage of political, social, cultural, and economic history, each chapter also includes a wealth of features to facilitate learning: Timelines situating key events in their wider chronology Lists of topics covered within each chapter for easy reference Concept boxes discussing selected issues in more detail Historiography boxes exploring key debates Chapter summaries offering condensed outlines of the main themes of each chapter Further reading lists guiding readers to additional resources Maps and images bringing to life important events and figures from America’s history Clearly and engagingly written and positioning America’s narrative within the wider global context, this textbook is particularly accessible for non-US students and is the perfect introduction for those new to US history. This textbook is also supported by a companion website offering interactive content including a timeline, multiple-choice quizzes, and links to selected web resources.

A People's Green New Deal

A People's Green New Deal
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Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 1786807068
ISBN-13 : 9781786807069
Rating : 4/5 (68 Downloads)

Synopsis A People's Green New Deal by : Max Ajl

The idea of a Green New Deal was launched into popular consciousness by US Congressperson Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in 2018. Evocative of the far-reaching ambitions of its namesake, it has become a watchword in the current era of global climate crisis. But its new ubiquity brings ambiguity: what - and for whom - is the Green New Deal? In this concise and urgent book, Max Ajl provides an overview of the various mainstream Green New Deals. Critically engaging with their proponents, ideological underpinnings and limitations, he goes on to sketch out a radical alternative: a 'People's Green New Deal' committed to degrowth, anti-imperialism and agro-ecology. Ajl diagnoses the roots of the current socio-ecological crisis as emerging from a world-system dominated by the logics of capitalism and imperialism. Resolving this crisis, he argues, requires nothing less than an infrastructural and agricultural transformation in the Global North, and the industrial convergence between North and South. As the climate crisis deepens and the literature on the subject grows, A People's Green New Deal contributes a distinctive perspective to the debate.

Why the New Deal Matters

Why the New Deal Matters
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Publisher : Yale University Press
Total Pages : 231
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ISBN-10 : 9780300252002
ISBN-13 : 0300252005
Rating : 4/5 (02 Downloads)

Synopsis Why the New Deal Matters by : Eric Rauchway

A look at how the New Deal fundamentally changed American life, and why it remains relevant today" The New Deal was America's response to the gravest economic and social crisis of the twentieth century. It now serves as a source of inspiration for how we should respond to the gravest crisis of the twenty-first. There's no more fluent and informative a guide to that history than Eric Rauchway, and no one better to describe the capacity of government to transform America for the better."--Barry Eichengreen, University of California, Berkeley The greatest peaceable expression of common purpose in U.S. history, the New Deal altered Americans' relationship with politics, economics, and one another in ways that continue to resonate today. No matter where you look in America, there is likely a building or bridge built through New Deal initiatives. If you have taken out a small business loan from the federal government or drawn unemployment, you can thank the New Deal. While certainly flawed in many aspects--the New Deal was implemented by a Democratic Party still beholden to the segregationist South for its majorities in Congress and the Electoral College--the New Deal was instated at a time of mass unemployment and the rise of fascistic government models and functioned as a bulwark of American democracy in hard times. This book looks at how this legacy, both for good and ill, informs the current debates around governmental responses to crises.

Social Security

Social Security
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Publisher : Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas
Total Pages : 272
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015061177211
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Rating : 4/5 (11 Downloads)

Synopsis Social Security by : Daniel Béland

Compact, timely, well-researched, and balanced, this institutional history of Social Security's seventy years shows how the past still influences ongoing reform debates, helping the reader both to understand and evaluate the current partisan arguments on both sides.

FDR's Folly

FDR's Folly
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Publisher : Crown
Total Pages : 354
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ISBN-10 : 9780307420718
ISBN-13 : 030742071X
Rating : 4/5 (18 Downloads)

Synopsis FDR's Folly by : Jim Powell

The Great Depression and the New Deal. For generations, the collective American consciousness has believed that the former ruined the country and the latter saved it. Endless praise has been heaped upon President Franklin Delano Roosevelt for masterfully reining in the Depression’s destructive effects and propping up the country on his New Deal platform. In fact, FDR has achieved mythical status in American history and is considered to be, along with Washington, Jefferson, and Lincoln, one of the greatest presidents of all time. But would the Great Depression have been so catastrophic had the New Deal never been implemented? In FDR’s Folly, historian Jim Powell argues that it was in fact the New Deal itself, with its shortsighted programs, that deepened the Great Depression, swelled the federal government, and prevented the country from turning around quickly. You’ll discover in alarming detail how FDR’s federal programs hurt America more than helped it, with effects we still feel today, including: • How Social Security actually increased unemployment • How higher taxes undermined good businesses • How new labor laws threw people out of work • And much more This groundbreaking book pulls back the shroud of awe and the cloak of time enveloping FDR to prove convincingly how flawed his economic policies actually were, despite his good intentions and the astounding intellect of his circle of advisers. In today’s turbulent domestic and global environment, eerily similar to that of the 1930s, it’s more important than ever before to uncover and understand the truth of our history, lest we be doomed to repeat it.