Why X Matters #: Why the New Deal Matters

Why X Matters #: Why the New Deal Matters
Eric Rauchway
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14 Jun 2022 US
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9780300264838
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The greatest peaceable expression of common purpose in U. S. history, the New Deal altered Americans' relationship with politics, economics, and one another in ways that continue to resonate today. No matter where you look in America, there is likely a building or bridge built through New Deal initiatives. If you have taken out a small business loan from the federal government or drawn unemployment, you can thank the New Deal. While certainly flawed in many aspects-the New Deal was implemented by a Democratic Party still beholden to the segregationist South for its majorities in Congress and the Electoral College-the New Deal was instated at a time of mass unemployment and the rise of fascistic government models and functioned as a bulwark of American democracy in hard times. This book looks at how this legacy, both for good and ill, informs the current debates around governmental responses to crises.

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"Rauchway succeeds in making the case that Roosevelt' s domestic programme created a legacy in a wide range of areas that has persisted to the present day. "-Matthew Partridge, Money Week "An impressive and accomplished work by one of our master historians that sheds new light on the New Deal by offering some place-based perspectives on why it matters. "-Lawrence B. Glickman, author of Free Enterprise: An American History "The New Deal was America' s response to the gravest economic and social crisis of the 20th century. It now serves as a source of inspiration for how we should respond to the gravest crisis of the 21st. There' s no more fluent and informative a guide to that history than Eric Rauchway, and no one better to describe the capacity of government to transform America for the better. "-Barry Eichengreen, University of California, Berkeley "Eric Rauchway, one of the best historians ever to write about the New Deal, has crafted a work here that is a must-read for those who' ve read nothing about the New Deal before, those who' ve read everything about it, and anyone in between. With timeless prose and timely arguments, Why the New Deal Matters powerfully connects that era to our own. "-Kevin M. Kruse, Princeton University
Eric Rauchway is distinguished professor of history at the University of California, Davis, and the author of Winter War: Hoover, Roosevelt, and the First Clash Over the New Deal, among other books.
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ISBN-13: 9780300264838
Published: 14 Jun 2022
Published In: United States
Imprint: Yale University Press
Publisher: Yale University Press
Format: Paperback
Height: 20mm
Width: 13mm
Spine: 2mm
Pages: 232

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