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.