Fear itself : the New Deal and the origins of our time
Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 706
ISBN-13: 9780871404503
Description: Redefining our traditional understanding of the New Deal, this book finally examines this pivotal American era through a sweeping international lens that juxtaposes a struggling democracy with enticing ideologies like Fascism and Communism. Historian Ira Katznelson asserts that, during the 1930s and 1940s, American democracy was rescued yet distorted by a unified band of southern lawmakers who safeguarded racial segregation as they built a new national state to manage capitalism and assert global power. --From publisher description.