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Once viewed as a distinct era characterized by intense bigotry,
nostalgia for simpler times and a revulsion against active
government, the 1920s have been rediscovered by historians in
recent decades as a time when Herbert Hoover and his allies worked
to significantly reform economic policy. Mark Hendrickson both
augments and amends this view by studying the origins and
development of New Era policy expertise and knowledge.
Policy-oriented social scientists in government, trade union,
academic and nonprofit agencies showed how methods for achieving
stable economic growth through increased productivity could both
defang the dreaded business cycle and defuse the pattern of hostile
class relations that Gilded Age depressions had helped to set as an
American system of industrial relations.
Once viewed as a distinct era characterized by intense bigotry,
nostalgia for simpler times and a revulsion against active
government, the 1920s have been rediscovered by historians in
recent decades as a time when Herbert Hoover and his allies worked
to significantly reform economic policy. Mark Hendrickson both
augments and amends this view by studying the origins and
development of New Era policy expertise and knowledge.
Policy-oriented social scientists in government, trade union,
academic and nonprofit agencies showed how methods for achieving
stable economic growth through increased productivity could both
defang the dreaded business cycle and defuse the pattern of hostile
class relations that Gilded Age depressions had helped to set as an
American system of industrial relations.
On July 22, 1779, one of the most lethal battles of the American
Revolution, in terms of the ratio of participants to numbers
killed, took place on a hill above Minisink Ford along the Delaware
River north of Port Jervis, New York. The Battle at Minisink Ford,
New York was a disaster for the American militia units. More than
one third of the militiamen perished. This important work reveals
primary sources about the battle that have not been seen in more
than one hundred and fifty years. So Many Brave Men, the first
major work written on the battle in thirty years, will encourage
new interest in the battle, and the men who fought there. Many of
the veterans of that catastrophe speak to us about that fateful day
from the distance of more than 230 years. They also speak of their
dedication to the cause of freedom and liberty. 828 Pages, 7" x 10"
Indexed, Bibliography, 15 illustrations, 5 maps
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