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

Leuchtenburg, William E. (William Edward) 1922- (Author).

Summary: 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 work, 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.

Record details

ISBN: 9780061836961
ISBN: 0061836966
Physical Description: print
regular print
xiv, 390 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm
Edition: 1st Harper Perennial ed.
Publisher: New York : Harper Perennial, 2009, ©1963.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Originally published in 1963 by Harper & Row in the New American Nation series.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-363) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	The politics of hard times -- Winter of despair -- The hundred day's war -- Over the top -- Waiting for lefty -- One third of a nation -- The second hundred days -- The new deal at high tide -- A farewell to arms -- A sea of troubles -- Stalemate -- The Fascist challenge -- An end to isolation -- The Roosebelt reconstruction: Retrospect.