Fear Itself: The New Deal and the Origins of Our Time

by Ira Katznelson

Book Overview

A 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0871407388
• ISBN13: 9780871407382
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation
• Length: 720 Pages
• Weight: 1.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.5" x 8.3"