Lawson, Alan.

A Commonwealth of Hope : The New Deal Response to Crisis. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (299 pages) - The American Moment Series . - The American Moment Series .

Intro -- Contents -- Series Editor's Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 Prelude: The Fall of the American System -- 2 The Shaping of Franklin Roosevelt -- 3 Landslide -- 4 The Struggle for Financial Stability -- 5 The Recovery of Industry -- 6 Saving the Farms -- 7 Launching the Welfare State -- 8 Revival of the Spirit -- 9 Renewing the New Deal Lease -- 10 The Judicial Revolution -- 11 The Rendezvous with Destiny -- 12 The Common Man at the End of the Decade -- 13 The International Climax -- Epilogue: Another Cycle? -- Essay on Sources -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.

Drawing from a wide variety of scholarly texts, records of the Roosevelt administration, Depression-era newspapers and periodicals, and biographies and reflections of the New Dealers, Lawson offers a comprehensive conceptual base for a crucial aspect of American history.

9780801888724


United States - Economic policy - 1933-1945.


Electronic books.

E806.L365 2006

973.917