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The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression

by: Amity Shlaes

: The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 973
EAN: 9780061285271
Format: Large Print
ISBN: 0061285277
Label: HarperLuxe
Manufacturer: HarperLuxe
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 736
Publication Date: July 01, 2007
Publisher: HarperLuxe
Release Date: June 26, 2007
Sales Rank: 91218
Studio: HarperLuxe



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It's difficult today to imagine how America survived the Great Depression. Only through the stories of the common people who struggled during that era can we really understand how the nation endured. In The Forgotten Man, Amity Shlaes offers a striking reinterpretation of the Great Depression. Rejecting the old emphasis on the New Deal, she turns to the neglected and moving stories of individual Americans, and shows how they helped establish the steadfast character we developed as a nation.



Shlaes also traces the mounting agony of the New Dealers themselves as they discovered their errors. She shows how both Presidents Hoover and Roosevelt failed to understand the prosperity of the 1920s and heaped massive burdens on the country that more than offset the benefit of New Deal programs. The real question about the Depression, she argues, is not whether Roosevelt ended it with World War II. It is why the Depression lasted so long. From 1929 to 1940, federal intervention helped to make the Depression great—in part by forgetting the men and women who sought to help one another. The Forgotten Man, offers a new look at one of the most important periods in our history, allowing us to understand the strength of American character today.





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Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Good Book
Gave this as a gift and haven't read myself, but the reader says it is well worth reading.


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - a "Must Read"
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Rating: 1 out of 5 stars - Anti-Roosevelt nonsense
Typical anti-Roosevelt polemic. For people who still think that Herbert Hoover was a victim of circumstance ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Timely New Look at New Deal
Polls of historians credit FDR and the New Deal with ending The Great Depression while polls of economists credit ... Read More


Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - An Incomplete Analysis
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