The New Deal: The Depression Years, 1933-1940
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ISBN: 0374521743 / Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux, December 1989
Examines the results of New Deal economic programs and discusses why they were unable to bring about industrial recovery and how they contributed to the growth of trade unions
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Anthony Badger's notably successful history is not simply another narrative of the New Deal, nor does the figure of Franklin Roosevelt loom as large in his account as in some others. What Mr. Badger does so well is to consider important aspects of New Deal activity - in industry, organized labor, agriculture, welfare, and politics - and to explore the major problems in assessing the history of each. His book establishes a new standard of interpretation of Roosevelt's New Deal.
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