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

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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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cohen, Adam (Adam Seth)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Penguin Press, 2009.
Subjects:
United States > Politics and government > 1933-1945.
Roosevelt, Franklin D. > (Franklin Delano), > 1882-1945 > Friends and associates.
Moley, Raymond, > 1886-1975.
Perkins, Frances, > 1880-1965.
Douglas, Lewis W. > (Lewis Williams), > 1894-1974.
Wallace, Henry A. > (Henry Agard), > 1888-1965.
Hopkins, Harry L. > (Harry Lloyd), > 1890-1946.
United States > Economic policy > 1933-1945.
United States > Social conditions > 1933-1945.
New Deal, 1933-1939.
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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.
Physical Description:372 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages [323]-362) and index.
ISBN:9781594201967
159420196X