The Roosevelt Years : : EPAH Vol 7, New Perspectives on American History, 1933-45 / / Robert Garson, Stuart Kidd.

A collection of new and exciting essays from leading experts on a key period in American historyWritten by a team of eminent historians with international reputations for their work in this period, this volume covers the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt during the Depression and the Second World...

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Place / Publishing House:Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]
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Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (224 p.)
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Other title:Frontmatter --
Contents --
Notes on Contributors --
1. Introduction --
2. In Whose Interest? Public Policy and Transport during Depression and War --
3. “Just Forget About It”: FDR’s Ambivalence towards National Health Insurance --
4. New Deal Programmes for Youth: Recent Historiography and Future Research --
5. The Unsuspected Radicalism of the Social Security Act --
6. Widows’ Welfare in the Great Depression --
7. Fat of the Land: The Left and the Ladies --
8. Bureaucratic Dynamics and Control of the New Deal’s Publicity: Struggles between Core and Periphery in the FSA’s Information Division --
9. Whatever Happened to Roosevelt’s New Generation of Southerners? --
10. FDR, the Depression and Europe, 1932–6 --
11. ‘Prevent World War III’: An Historiographical Appraisal of Morgenthau’s Programme for Germany --
12. American Post-war Planning: Policy Elites and the New Deal --
13. The Clintons and the Roosevelts --
Appreciation: David Adams
Summary:A collection of new and exciting essays from leading experts on a key period in American historyWritten by a team of eminent historians with international reputations for their work in this period, this volume covers the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt during the Depression and the Second World War. It offers new perspectives on well-established and important issues and themes such as social welfare policy, the politics and bureaucracy of the Roosevelt administrations, the culture of the New Deal era, foreign policy and external relations, and the Roosevelt legacy since 1945.Key FeaturesCovers a key period in 20th-century American historyThe first analysis of this era to be published in a decadeWritten by a team of eminent historians with international reputations for their work in this period
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9780585070414
9783110780475
DOI:10.1515/9780585070414
Access:restricted access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: Robert Garson, Stuart Kidd.