Originally issued as a modern approach to American history for
young adults, this has gone through edition after edition - trade
and text- and now is being brought up to date with a new sections
panning the years from the election of Roosevelt to the present.
Here's history made exciting reading (or rereading) for any age,
willing to view trends and curves of economic, political and social
happenings from a fresh and at times an aggressively liberal
viewpoint. Stale facts emerge with new significance. The text
challenges our thinking, our emotions, our interpretations. The new
section gives a vigorous synthesis of the contributions of the New
Deal - an awareness and understanding of its failures- a
sympathetic approach to its ideals- a recognition of the New Deal
as a revolution in ideas but not in economy. Huberman views
Capitalism in its most acute and highly developed form as the cause
of the depression- and considers that the New Deal actually gave it
new life and new direction. He is critical of the failures of
foreign policy - "fine words, some progressive action- then
reaction". With the declaration of war we stopped zigzagging and
marched straight ahead. But today- the lessons of the New Deal, of
the Depression, of the War are being forgotten. Once again we face
the danger of militant reactionary forces- and a cycle repeating
itself. The Thomas Benton drawings march with the message of the
text. A timely piece of publishing. (Kirkus Reviews)
A history of labour and the labour movement in the USA, originally
published in the 1930s. Many of the earliest books, particularly
those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce
and increasingly expensive. Hesperides Press are republishing these
classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using
the original text and artwork. Contents Include: Here They Come! -
Beginnings - Are All Men Equal? - Molasses and Tea - In Order To
Form a More Perfect Union - A Rifle, An Axe - A Strange, Colourful
Frontier, The Last - The Manufacturing North - The Agricultural
South - Landlords Fight Money Lords - Materials, Men, Machinery,
Money - More Materials, Men, Machinery, Money - The Have-nots vs
The Haves - From Rags To Riches - From Riches To Rags - The New
Deal..Relief - . Recovery - .Reform - .Foreign Policy - You Guys
Gotta Organize -
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