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Overview
In this concise and lively 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 US economy during Franklin D. Roosevelt's presidency. It is written for a new generation of readers for whom the Great Depression is a distant historical event.
Synopsis
In this concise and lively 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 US economy during Franklin D. Roosevelt's presidency. It is written for a new generation of readers for whom the Great Depression is a distant historical event.
Times Literary Supplement - Brogan
...this is as good an introduction to the New Deal as could be wished for.
Editorials
From the Publisher
"Edsforth has written an excellent one-volume study of the New Deal that will be useful for college students and general readers" CHOICE
"Edsforth has done an admirable job of attempting to maintian a balanced appraoch." The Historian
"From this brilliant description of the New Deal’s response to the Great Depression and its transforming commitment to social justice and economic security for all Americans, one understands why Franklin Roosevelt is ‘the man of the century’." — William J. vanden Heuvel, President, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute
"This lucid and insightful narrative brings us back to some essential truths that need to be retold about the human tragedy of the 1930s, the greatness of Franklin Roosevelt, and the achievements of his New Deal." – Michael E. Parrish, Professor of History, University of California, San Diego
Brogan
...this is as good an introduction to the New Deal as could be wished for.—Times Literary Supplement