The Roosevelt Years

Abstract

A collection of new and exciting essays from leading experts on a key period in American history Written by a team of eminent historians with international reputations for their work in this period, this volume covers the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt during the Depression and the Second World War. It offers new perspectives on well-established and important issues and themes such as social welfare policy, the politics and bureaucracy of the Roosevelt administrations, the culture of the New Deal era, foreign policy and external relations, and the Roosevelt legacy since 1945. Key Features Covers a key period in 20th-century American history The first analysis of this era to be published in a decade Written by a team of eminent historians with international reputations for their work in this period