The New Deal by Anthony J Badger

The New Deal by Anthony J Badger

In tackling America's worst depression the New Deal brought the federal government into unprecedented contact with most Americans and shaped the political economy of the contemporary United States. This major new study incorporates the results of many recent case studies of the New Deal and provides a detailed assessment of the impact of the depression and New Deal programmes on businessmen, industrial workers, farmers and the unemployed. In his thematic analysis of the implementation of particular programmes, rather than in a narrative of policymaking, Dr Badger explains the political and ideological constraints which limited the changes wrought by the New Deal.

Masterfully done..it deserves high marks for its clear and lively prose, sound judgments, and penetrating insights. -- Ellis W. Hawley, University of Iowa
A superb one-volume synthesis of the Roosevelt years....Badger never loses sight of the critical elements of change and continuity that marked the decade. -- Dan T. Carter
Extraordinarily well researched, clearly written, and balanced. -- James Patterson
An admirable, unique overview and analysis....This is the finest survey since William Leuchtenburg's Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal, which appeared more than a quarter-century ago. -- Frank Freidel

Anthony Badger teaches American history at Cambridge University. He has also written Prosperity Road: The New Deal, North Carolina, and Tobacco.

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ISBN 13	9781566634533
ISBN 10	1566634539
Title	The New Deal
Author	Anthony J Badger
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Ivan R Dee, Inc
Year published	2002-07-22
Number of pages	412
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