This book provides a history of the New Deal, exploring the institutional, political, and cultural changes experienced by the United States during the Great Dep

From first to last the New Deal was a work in progress, a patchwork of often contradictory ideas.

The New Deal shaped our nation's politics for decades, and was seen by many as tantamount to the "American Way" itself. Now, in this superb compact history, Eri

When Franklin D. Roosevelt was sworn in as president, the South was unmistakably the most disadvantaged part of the nation. The region's economy was the weakest

Expertly steering readers through the often tumultuous and exhilarating history of the United States, from its early modern Native American roots to twenty-firs