Pranav Gupta and Jonathan Lee present information on the Great Depression of the 1930s and the New Deal of 1933 to 1938 in the United States. The authors provide definitions of key terms and highlight the causes and problems of the Great Depression, the philosophies of President…
This biography focuses on Hoover's life and mission after he left the presidency in 1933.
Elliot Rosen's Hoover, Roosevelt, and the Brains Trust focused on the transition from the Hoover administration to that of Roosevelt and the formulation of the early New Deal program. Roosevelt, the Great Depression, and the Economics of Recovery emphasized long-term and structu…
Introduction: Entitlement in Historical Context -- Revealing the 'social consequences of unemployment' -- Charity, Relief and Localism in Depression-era Chicago -- Charity and Entitlement -- Entitled to Relief -- Getting Relief from the Government -- Epilogue: Entitled to Relief…
When the stability of American life was threatened by the Great Depression, the decisive and visionary policy contained in FDR's New Deal offered America a way forward. In this work, Leuchtenburg traces the evolution of what was both the most controversial and effective socioeco…
When the stability of American life was threatened by the Great Depression, the decisive and visionary policy contained in FDR's New Deal offered America a way forward. In this work, Leuchtenburg traces the evolution of what was both the most controversial and effective socioeco…
