Table of Contents

Part 1 Introduction 1 Part 2 Depression America 11 Part 3 Holidays, Eagles, and Deficits: Finance and Industry 66 Part 4 Strife and Satisfaction: Labour 118 Part 5 Parity and Poverty: Agriculture 147 Part 6 Doles and Jobs: Welfare 190 Part 7 Partial Realignment: Politics 245 Part 8 Conclusion: Unanticipated Consequences 299 Part 9 Bibliographical Essay 313 Part 10 List of Abbreviations 365 Part 11 Index 367

About the Author

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

Reviews

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*

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