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The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression

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  • Jun 1, 2007
  • #History #AmericanHistory
Amity Shlaes
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Challenging conventional history, Amity Shlaes offers a reinterpretation of the Great Depression. She shows how both Presidents Hoover and Roosevelt failed to understand the prosper... Show More

Challenging conventional history, Amity Shlaes offers a reinterpretation of the Great Depression. 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.

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Number of Pages: 390

ISBN: 022406312X

ISBN-13: 9780224063128

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Melody Wright @m3_melody · May 18, 2023
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Have you read this? It is absolutely fantastic and I highly recommend. Also, Schlaes - The Forgotten Man.
Melody Wright @m3_melody · May 4, 2023
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The poor and the actual working middle-class. Great book I read that I cannot get out of my mind:
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