George Selgin’s "False Dawn: The New Deal and the Promise of Recovery 1933-1947" provides a measured and calculated investigation of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s efforts to lift the United States out of the Great Depression. #History #EconomicHistory #HerbertHoover #NewDeal #UnitedStates #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/8-556-en/
False Dawn: The New Deal and the Promise of Recovery, 1933–1947

The reader is greeted with an iconic photo, likely recognizable from any lower division textbook or online article, of men waiting in line for a meal. The photo is misleading for two reasons. First...

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