The era of Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal was a time of depression and despair, economic rebirth and renewal, and mobilization for a war in both the East and the West. Richard Polenberg's introduction to this new volume provides an engaging historical and biographical overview of the period by focusing on one of its key actors. The biographical introduction is followed by over 45 topically arranged primary sources that provide students with a rich context in which to understand FDR's multifaceted role as president, reformer, policymaker, and commander-in-chief. The readings thoroughly cover issues of race and ethnicity, profile First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, and explore the New Deal's transformative agencies for their economic and social ramifications and the constitutional revolution they triggered.
- ISBN13 9780312133108
- Publish Date 21 January 2000
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 25 May 2016
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Bedford/Saint Martin's
- Edition 1st ed. 2000
- Format Paperback
- Pages 200
- Language English