Synopses & Reviews
This book serves as an essential introduction to Roosevelt's domestic policy during his tenure from the struggles of the Depression to the outbreak of the Second World War. Incorporating archival discoveries at the Roosevelt Presidential Library, this documentary collection focuses on the debates and controversies surrounding the implementation and practice of New Deal policies. It highlights the meanings, flaws and outcomes of Roosevelt's attempts to refashion American society. With an extensive introduction, the book reproduces extracts from a variety of sources including Government records, public addresses and speeches and the private papers of Roosevelt and some of his closest associates.
Synopsis
Over a half-century after the death of Roosevelt the debate on his presidency and the New Deal remains vibrant, for in many ways he created the modern presidency and he remains a giant of American political history. This book, specifically designed for sixth-form and undergraduate use, serves as an essential introduction to his domestic policy during his tenure from the struggles of the Depression to the outbreak of the Second World War.
Incorporating archival discoveries at the Roosevelt Presidential Library, this documentary collection focuses on the debates and controversies surrounding the implementation and practice of New Deal policies. It highlights the meanings, flaws and outcomes of Roosevelt's attempts to refashion American society.
With an extensive contextualising introduction, the book reproduces extracts from a variety of sources including Government records, public addresses and speeches and the private papers of Roosevelt and some of his closest associates.
Synopsis
Over half a century after the death of Roosevelt the debate on his presidency and the New Deal remains vibrant. Roosevelt created the modern presidency and he remains the giant of American political history. This book serves as an introduction to his domestic policy during his tenure from the Depression to the outbreak of the Second World War, focusing on the debates and controversies that surrounded the implementation and practice of Roosevelt's New Deal policies. Incorporating archival discoveries at the Roosevelt Presidential Library, this documentary collection situates rhetoric against policy, the words of new dealers against those of their critics and personal against public perceptions of the New Deal. This is a book which will encourage thought and debate on the meaning, nature, flaws and outcomes of Roosevelt's New Deal from 1933 to 1941. Together with an extensive introduction, introductory passages at the start of each chapter and documents, the book reproduces extracts from a variety of sources including government records, public addresses and speeches and the private papers of Roobesvelt and some of his closest associates. It pitches rhetoric against policy, allowing direct comparison of the words of the social reformers against those of their critics, and of personal and public perceptions of the New Deal.
Synopsis
A study of Roosevelt's New Deal, examining the debates and controversies that surrounded its implementation and practice, uncovering the meanings, flaws and outcomes of US domestic policy from the Depression to the outbreak of the Second World War. includes fascinating source material from Government records and the private papers of Roosevelt.
About the Author
G. H. Bennett is Senior Lecturer in History and Head of Humanities at the University of Plymouth.
Table of Contents
Introduction * New Deal Rhetoric * New Deal Domestic Policy * New Deal People * New Deal Foreign Policy * New Deal Critics * Chronology * Guide to Further Reading *Index