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A New Deal for the American People (Paperback, New)
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A New Deal for the American People (Paperback, New)
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Loot Price R526
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When Franklin D. Roosevelt promised "a new deal for the American
people," he gave hope to millions of Americans impoverished by the
Great Depression. The Roosevelt administration's relief programs,
implemented in a period of crisis characterized by the "Black
Friday" stock market crash, widespread bank failures, and massive
unemployment, marked the turning point in the making of modern
America. Yet in spite of extensive aid provided on federal and
state levels, the enormity of the economic problems throughout the
country left much of the president's pledge unfulfilled. In this
interpretive overview, Roger Biles discusses the factors
contributing to the Great Depression and analyzes the federal
government's emerging role in public welfare. Focusing on various
segments of society, he assesses New Deal programs in terms of
their impact on the lives of the American people, including the
working class, women, African Americans, and urban dwellers. While
drawing on scholarship of the past twenty years, he offers fresh
insights into the social effects of Roosevelt's policies and
stimulates new thinking on the question of whether the reforms
preserved the foundations of American federalism or represented a
second American revolution. In conclusion Biles weighs the New
Deal's successes and failures, both of which he finds to be part of
the same story, "a story that can only be understood with an
appreciation for the context of the Depression years." A New Deal
for the American People explores that context with sensitivity.
This clearly written and highly readable study will engage both
specialists and general readers interested in a balanced account of
one of the most important programs of twentieth-century America,
Roosevelt's New Deal.
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