The Roosevelt Years: EPAH Vol 7: New Perspectives on American History, 1933-45 (European Papers in American History Series)

ISBN: 0748611835

Author: Garson, Robert

Condition: New

Product Description A collection of new and exciting essays from leading experts on a key period in American history. Written by a team of eminent historians with international reputations for their work in this period, it covers the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt during the Depression and the Second World War. This book is destined to make a significant contribution to historical writing about the Roosevelt era. It offers new perspectives on well-established and important issues and themes such as social welfare policy, the politics and bureaucracy of the Roosevelt administrations, the culture of the New Deal era, foreign policy and external relations, and the Roosevelt legacy since 1945.Key Features* Covers a key period in twentieth-century American history* First analysis of this era to be published in a decade* Written by a team of eminent historians with international reputations for their work in this period Review Every one of these papers can be read with profit by those interested in the New Deal or, indeed, twentieth-century America an important contribution to the study of the New Deal era. About the Author Robert Garson is director of the David Bruce Centre for American Studies at Keele University. Stuart Kidd is director of American Studies at the University of Reading.