Fear itself, the New Deal and the origins of our time, Ira Katznelson
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Fear itself, the New Deal and the origins of our time, Ira Katznelson
Language
eng
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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illustrationsportraits
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index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Fear itself
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bibliography
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846889482
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Ira Katznelson
Sub title
the New Deal and the origins of our time
Summary
"Departing from the traditional historical consensus, Ira Katznelson examines the New Deal through a sweeping international lens that juxtaposes a struggling American democracy with the rise of competing dictatorships. In an age defined by a pervasive, almost existential fear, Katznelson argues that American democracy was both saved and distorted by a Faustian collaboration that safeguarded racial segregation as it built a new national state to manage capitalism and assert global power."--P. 4 of cover
Table Of Contents
Fight against fear -- A journey without maps -- Pilot, judge, senator -- "Strong medicine" -- Southern cage -- American with a difference -- Jim Crow Congress -- Ballots for soldiers -- Emergency -- Radical moment -- The first crusade -- Unrestricted war -- Democracy's price -- Public procedures, private interests -- "Wildest hopes" -- Armed and loyal
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