The 1930s (1930-1939)
Series: Defining documents in American history
Publisher: Salem Press/Grey House Publishing; Salem Press; Salem Press, a division of EBSCO Information Services; Grey House Publishing
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Ipswich, MA; Amenia, NY
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9781619254954
Copyright date: 2014
Table of contents: title: Publisher's note; title: Editor's introduction; title: Contributors; title: Setting up the New Deal.; title: President Roosevelt : Fireside Chat on "The forgotten man"; title: FDR on government's role in the economy; title: Herbert Hoover speaks against the New Deal; title: Letter from Herbert Hoover to Franklin D. Roosevelt; title: President Roosevelt : Fireside Chat outlining the New Deal; title: John Maynard Keynes : An open letter to President Roosevelt; title: Letter-report concerning the Tennessee Valley; title: FDR on Social Security; title: Speech against the president's "court packing" plan; title: President Roosevelt : Fireside Chat on the current recession; title: The Hatch Act; title: Unemployment and relief. Bumming in California; title: United we eat : the phenomenon of unemployed leagues; title: Letter from a Dust Bowl survivor; title: Letter regarding assistance to the poor; title: Memories of the Flint sit-down strike; title: It's a great life in the CCC; title: I'd rather not be on relief; title: What REA service means to our farm home; title: My hopes for the CCC; title: Women, minorities, and youth. Women on the breadlines; title: Eleanor Roosevelt : What ten million women want; title: Eleanor Roosevelt on women and the vote; title: The repatriation of Mexicans and Mexican-Americans; title: The hurricane of 1932 in Puerto Rico; title: A New Deal for American Indians; title: Indians at work; title: A Negro in the CCC; title: Letter regarding the needs of Puerto Ricans in New York; title: Plea from a Scottsboro boy; title: Dear Mrs. Roosevelt; title: Our jobless youth : a warning; title: What does American democracy mean to me?; title: The Bonus Army. Herbert Hoover to Reed Smoot regarding the Bonus Loan Bill; title: Attack on the Bonus Army; title: Veterans march to Washington; title: Foreign policy. Henry Stimson to Senator Borah regarding the Nine-Power Treaty; title: Criticism of the Neutrality Act; title: Neutrality Act of 1935; title: Defense of the Neutrality Act; title: Address delivered by the Secretary of State; title: Winston Churchill : The lights are going out in Europe; title: Winston Churchill : A hush over Europe; title: Charles Lindbergh : Neutrality and war; title: Culture, crime, and more. The national anthem established : The Star Spangled Banner; title: What I knew about John Dillinger; title: The Hindenburg disaster; title: From the Federal Writers' Project : Cape Cod Pilot; title: On The War of the Worlds radio broadcast; title: Lou Gehrig farewell to baseball; title: Appendixes.; title: Chronological list; title: Web resources; title: Bibliography