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| Named Person: | Franklin D Roosevelt; Raymond Moley; Frances Perkins; Lewis W Douglas; Henry A Wallace; Harry L Hopkins |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Biography, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Adam Cohen |
| ISBN: | 9781594201967 159420196X |
| OCLC Number: | 233549213 |
| Description: | 372 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | "Action, and action now" -- "Moley! Moley! Moley! Lord God almighty!" -- The hardest-boiled man in Washington" -- "Good farming ; clear thinking ; right living" -- "Good Lord! this is a revolution!" -- "'Social justice'... has been the maxim of her life" -- "Just so we get a public works program" -- "He must be part of this historic show" -- "People don't eat in the long run - they eat every day" -- Epilogue : "A lot happened out of that determination of a few people, didn't it?". |
| Responsibility: | Adam Cohen. |
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Abstract:
Brings to life a fulcrum moment in American history--the tense, feverish first one hundred days of FDR's presidency, when he and his inner circle completely reinvented the role of the federal government in response to the Crash of 1929 and its consequences.
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Related Subjects:(10)
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945.
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. -- (Franklin Delano), -- 1882-1945 -- Friends and associates.
- Moley, Raymond, -- 1886-1975.
- Perkins, Frances, -- 1880-1965.
- Douglas, Lewis W. -- (Lewis Williams), -- 1894-1974.
- Wallace, Henry A. -- (Henry Agard), -- 1888-1965.
- Hopkins, Harry L. -- (Harry Lloyd), -- 1890-1946.
- United States -- Economic policy -- 1933-1945.
- United States -- Social conditions -- 1933-1945
- New Deal, 1933-1939.
