The Life of Herbert Hoover [electronic resource] : Fighting Quaker, 1928-1933 /
Jeansonne, G.author.
This is the first definitive study of the presidency of America's least understood and most under-appreciated Chief Executive. Combining government with private resources, Hoover became the first president to pit government action against the economic cycle, setting precedents and spawning ideas employed by his successor and all future presidents.
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Cover; The Life of Herbert Hoover: Fighting Quaker 1928-1933; Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Preface; PROLOGUE: The Long Dusty Road from West Branch; CHAPTER 1: Landslide; CHAPTER 2: Prepping for the Presidency and Sparring with Congress; CHAPTER 3: Humanizing Hoover; CHAPTER 4: A Whirling Dervish; CHAPTER 5: The Engine of Prosperity Jumps the Track; CHAPTER 6: The Seventy-First Congress: Fighting the Political Wars; CHAPTER 7: Hoover and the World: Foreign Policy, 1929-1930; CHAPTER 8: A Polarized Party; CHAPTER 9: Combating the Depression: Phase I, 1929-1930
CHAPTER 10: The Seventy-Second Congress: Frustrating Yet FruitfulCHAPTER 11: Combating the Depression: Phase II, 1931-1932; CHAPTER 12: Frustrated Farmers, Angry Veterans; CHAPTER 13: Race, Gender, and Labor; CHAPTER 14: The Grim Reaper Stalks the World: Foreign Affairs, 1931-1933; CHAPTER 15: Life in the White House: Personal and Social; CHAPTER 16: The Peter Pan in Hoover: Children and Fish; CHAPTER 17: The Fourth Estate; CHAPTER 18: Running for His Life: The Election of 1932; CHAPTER 19: The Hard Interregnum; CHAPTER 20: Fighting Quaker; Notes; A Note on the Sources; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references (p.521-532) and index.
This is the first definitive study of the presidency of America's least understood and most under-appreciated Chief Executive. Combining government with private resources, Hoover became the first president to pit government action against the economic cycle, setting precedents and spawning ideas employed by his successor and all future presidents.
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964.
Civilization-History.
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United States-History.
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