Description: Mr. Badger's notably successful history is not simply another narrative of the New Deal, nor does the figure of Franklin Roosevelt loom as large in his account as in some others. What he does is to consider important aspects of New Deal activity-in industry, organized labor, a...
Brief description: Anthony J. Badger is Paul Mellon Professor of American History at Cambridge University and Master of Clare College. He is the author of a number of books, including North Carolina and the New Deal and The New Deal: The Depression Years, 1933-1940.
Review Quotes:
"Masterfully done...it deserves high marks for its clear and lively prose, sound judgments, and penetrating insights." --Ellis W. Hawley, University of Iowa
"A superb one-volume synthesis of the Roosevelt years....Badger never loses sight of the critical elements of change and continuity that marked the decade." --Dan T. Carter "Extraordinarily well researched, clearly written, and balanced." --James Patterson "An admirable, unique overview and analysis....This is the finest survey since William Leuchtenburg's Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal, which appeared more than a quarter-century ago." --Frank Freidel