The forgotten man [electronic resource] : a new history of the Great Depression / Amity Shlaes.
2007
E806 .S55 2007eb
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The forgotten man [electronic resource] : a new history of the Great Depression / Amity Shlaes.
Author
Shlaes, Amity.
ISBN
9780061446146 (electronic bk. : Adobe Reader)
0061446149 (electronic bk. : Adobe Reader)
0061446149 (electronic bk. : Adobe Reader)
Publication Details
Pymble, NSW ; New York : HarperCollins e-books, 2007.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (x, 464 p.) : ill.
Call Number
E806 .S55 2007eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
973.91/6
Summary
It's difficult today to imagine how America survived the Great Depression--only through the stories of the common people who struggled during that era can we really understand it. These people are at the heart of this reinterpretation of one of the most crucial events of the twentieth century. Author Shlaes presents the neglected and moving stories of individual Americans, and shows how through brave leadership they helped establish the steadfast character we developed as a nation. Shlaes also traces the mounting agony of the New Dealers themselves as they discovered their errors. She shows how both Hoover and Roosevelt failed to understand the prosperity of the 1920s and heaped massive burdens on the country that more than offset the benefit of New Deal programs. The real question about the Depression, she argues, is not whether Roosevelt ended it--it is why it lasted so long.--From publisher description.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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