new deal, 1933-1939

Examines how the Great Depression affected such diverse elements of American society as economics, the arts, literature, mass media, ethnic and gender relations, the functioning of government, international relations, religion, politics, crime, public health, education, and everyday life.

Contains entries that provide information and analysis of topics related to the Great Depression, from the farm crisis of the mid-1920s to the entry of the United States into World War II, covering business, culture, economic conditions, government, labor, and other topics, and including biographies. Arranged alphabetically from A to K.

Focuses on the people, places, and events in the United States between 1920 and 1942.

125 biographers, historians, and political scientists present their views on 321 topics concerning Roosevelt's life and times.

Offers an overview of the government programs created by President Roosevelt to help lift the United States out of the Great Depression.

Presents an overview of events such as the Stock Market Crash of 1929, the Hoover years, Roosevelt's First New Deal, the Dust Bowl, and the Second New Deal, and contains biographies of Herbert Hoover, Harry Lloyd Hopkins, Hugh S. Johnson, Frances Perkins, Henry Wallace, and Eleanor and Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Argues that President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal programs deepened the Great Depression, slowed economic growth, and hurt America's future by expanding the federal government, raising taxes, developing Social Security, and making new labor laws.