When government helped : learning from the successes and failures of the New Deal / [edited by] Sheila D. Collins, Gertrude Schaffner Goldberg

Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2013]
Physical Description: 1 online resource
Additional Creators: Collins, Sheila D. and Goldberg, Gertrude S.

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Contents

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Contributors; Introduction; 1 Public Attitudes Toward Government; 2 A Tale of Two Crises; 3 The Bottom-Up Recovery; 4 A Decade of Dissent; 5 Labor Militance and the New Deal; 6 The New Deal's Direct Job-Creation Strategy; 7 The New Deal and the Creation of an American Welfare State; 8 The Democratization of Culture; 9 The Rightful Heritage of All; 10 New Deal Agricultural Policy; 11 Conclusion; Index.

Summary

The global financial crisis of 2007-2008 was the most severe since the Great Depression. This book is a systematic evaluation of the parallels between the Great Depression and the 2007-2008 global economic meltdown. Although many books have been written on this topic, the unique aspect of this book is the analysis of the positive and negative lessons for contemporary policy-making of the New Deal response to the crisis, through viewing both the New Deal and the recent economic crisis in combination with the environmental crises of both eras. Integrating a unique blend of disciplines, this volu.

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9780199990702 (electronic bk.)
0199990700 (electronic bk.)
9780199990719
0199990719
9781306168762
1306168767
9780199990696
0199990697

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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