Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal - 1932-1940

Zusatztext "Any list of the New Deal's premier historians must include Leuchtenburg." Klappentext When the stability of American life was threatened by the Great Depression, the decisive and visionary policy contained in FDR's New Deal offered America a way forward. In this groundbreaking work, William E. Leuchtenburg traces the evolution of what was both the most controversial and effective socioeconomic initiative ever undertaken in the United States--and explains how the social fabric of American life was forever altered. It offers illuminating lessons on the challenges of economic transformation--for our time and for all time. Zusammenfassung When the stability of American life was threatened by the Great Depression! the decisive and visionary policy contained in FDR's New Deal offered America a way forward. In this groundbreaking work! William E. Leuchtenburg traces the evolution of what was both the most controversial and effective socioeconomic initiative ever undertaken in the United States—and explains how the social fabric of American life was forever altered. It offers illuminating lessons on the challenges of economic transformation—for our time and for all time.

Product details

• Authors: Professor of History William E Leuchtenburg, William E Leuchtenburg, William E. Leuchtenburg
• Publisher: Harper Perennial USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.02.2009
• EAN: 9780061836961
• ISBN: 978-0-06-183696-1
• No. of pages: 432
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 203 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; HISTORY: 20TH CENTURY AMERICAN, HISTORY: United States / 20th Century, ECONOMICS: HISTORY, POLITICAL SCIENCE: POLITICAL THEORY, POLITICAL SCIENCE: AMERICAN PRESIDENCY