Fear Itself: The New Deal and the Origins of Our Time
A powerful argument, swept along by Katznelson's robust prose and the imposing scholarship that lies behind it.”—Kevin Boyle, New York Times Book ReviewA work that deeply reconceptualizes the New Deal and raises countless provocative questions” (David Kennedy), Fear Itself changes the ground rules for our understanding of this pivotal era in American history. Ira Katznelson examines the New Deal through the lens of a pervasive, almost existential fear that gripped a world defined by the collapse of capitalism and the rise of competing dictatorships, as well as a fear created by the ruinous racial divisions in American society. Katznelson argu…
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- ISBN: 978-0-87140-660-6
- EAN: 9780871406606
- Produktnummer: 34247097
- Verlag: Liveright
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
- Seitenangabe: 720 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 8'940 KB
- Abbildungen: 24 illustrations
Über den Autor
Ira Katznelson is Columbia University's Interim Provost, Ruggles Professor of Political Science and History, and Deputy Director of Columbia World Projects. Having served as president of the American Political Science Association, he is a member of the Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society. He is also the author of When Affirmative Action Was White and Fear Itself, winner of the Bancroft Prize in History (2014).
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