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Franklin Delano Roosevelt is widely respected for having supposedly saved America from the Great Depression. But actually, his New Deal policies prolonged and exacerbated the economic disaster. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History, 2nd ed., brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 4954 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.The Early Civilizations in the Americas Reference Library provides a comprehensive overview of the history of the regions of the American continents in which two of the world's first civilizations developed: Mesoamerica (the name for the lands in which ancient civilizations arose in Central America and Mexico) and the Andes Mountains region of South America (in present-day Peru and parts of Bolivia, northern Argentina, and Ecuador). In both regions, the history of civilization goes back thousands of years. ... Read more

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Demonstrating the intellectual excitement that is the practice of history at its best, Paul Conkin's The New Deal is still one of the best known titles in the very popular American History Series, edited by John Hope Franklin and A. S. Eisenstadt.

The New Deal, Third Edition is still the best succinct and coherent description of a chaotic period. It is an account of the major domestic policies adopted during the Roosevelt administration. It is also a rich portrait of Roosevelt the man and consummate politician, and the satellite figures around him. This highly interpretive text, with its spirited and often subtle assessments of New Deal personalities and programs, will continue to bring the period to life for new generations of students. Includes extensive photo essay. ... Read more

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One Man's Viewpoint
The other reviewer's a goof, Conkin's view was that the New Deal was a poor solution to a desperate period. He offers many criticisms and kind of contradicts himself. Like many of the New Left critics, he expects contemporaries to have foresight as keen as his hindsight.

That said, he also has a good understanding of people and history, which outshines his blatant disliking of FDR.

Good intro to a confusing subject. Unintentionally funny at times too.

Also he specifically says that FDR was NOT PRAGMATIC.

*** 1/2

I just did not like it
I was required to read this for a 20th century america class.I would not recommend it.

It is written in the viewpoint that the New Deal was what saved America from the Depression.It offered little criticism and failed to show the numerous unintended consequences which resulted from the New Deal (during the immediate time).

It did say, however, that FDR was pragmatic - so they got that one right.

I am sure there are better books out there.I would recommend "No Ordinary Time." ... Read more

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Presents an overview of the Great Depression through the words and writings of the time:more than twenty-five excerpts from speeches, poems, fiction and non-fiction works. ... Read more

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The stock market crash in 1929 signaled the beginning of a long period of severe economic turmoil in the United States.Although previous economic downturns had occurred, the Great Depression of the 1930s was unprecedented both in length and in the scope. (20020701) ... Read more

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First-rate
This is one of the best books I've seen about the Depression.It is made up of a bunch of articles by historians and other experts, some of whom were alive during the Depression.It has a lot of information about the causes of the Depression, how Roosevelt tried to deal with it, and how some of his programs seemed to work while other ones didn't.A very useful book for students or anybody who is interested in American history. ... Read more

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manu
i think this is a very good book prescribed.AMAZON.COM&iliked it very much. ... Read more

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A critique of Roosevelt"s New Deal. The author is against Roosevelt's plan for recovery from the Great Depression. ... Read more

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"My friends, I want to talk for a few minutes with the people of the United States about banking." So began the first of Franklin D. Roosevelt's famous Fireside Chats, which came on the heels of his decision, two days after his inauguration, to close all American banks. During this address, Roosevelt used the intimacy of radio to share his hopes and plans directly with the people. He concluded by encouraging Americans to "tell me your troubles." Roosevelt's invitation was unprecedented, and the enormous public response it elicited signaled the advent of a new relationship between Americans and their president. In this indispensable book, Lawrence W. Levine and Cornelia R. Levine illuminate the period from 1933 to 1938 by setting each of the Fireside Chats in context and reprinting a moving selection of the letters that poured into Washington from an extraordinary variety of ordinary Americans. In his foreword, Michael Kazin examines the achievements and limits of the New Deal and the reasons that FDR remains, for many Americans, the exemplar of a good president. He also highlights the similarities of the 1930s to our era, with its deep recession and a new progressive administration in the White House. ... Read more