New Deal Fat Cats: Campaign Finances and the Democratic Part in 1936

by Michael J. Webber

Book Overview

In New Deal Fat Cats, Michael Webber offers a fresh perspective on the New Deal. The author analyzes the role of various segments of society in party politics during the political change brought on by the Great Depression. Webber uses analysis of campaign contribution as a major method of evaluating the 1936 presidential election. Today's readers may be surprised at the statistical breakdown of the group that reelected FDR. These groups ranged...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823219461
• ISBN13: 9780823219469
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"