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Nothing to fear : FDR's inner circle and the hundred days that created modern America / Adam Cohen.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Penguin Press, 2009.Description: 372 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9781594201967
  • 159420196X
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 973.917092
LOC classification:
  • 002 E 806 C678n 2009
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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?".
Summary: 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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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Vol info Copy number Status Barcode
Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Recursos Regionales Recursos Regionales (2do. Piso) 002 E 806 C678n 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000074443

Includes bibliographical references (p. [323]-362) and index.

"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?".

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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