The Making of the New Deal: The Insiders Speak

by Katie Louchheim, Katiee Louchheim, Frank Freidel

Book Overview

There has never been a phenomenon in American life to equal the invasion of Washington by the young New Dealers--hundreds of men and women still in their twenties and thirties, brilliant and dedicated, trained in the law, economics, public administration, technology, pouring into public life to do nothing less than restructure American society. They proposed new programs, drafted legislation, staffed the new agencies. They were active in the Administration,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674543467
• ISBN13: 9780674543461
• Release Date: January 1984
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

An excellent book - brings out the excitement of the times.

If you are interested in how FDR turned the country around and infused it with a sense of optimism, replacing fear and confusion with purpose and concrete plans, read this book. A more descriptive title would be "Voices of the New Deal," because this is a book of the recollections of many of the prime architects of Roosevelt's programs.