Herbert Hoover 1923-1933

Name: Herbert Hoover 1923-1933
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ISBN: 9780805069587

ISBN-10: 0805069585

ISBN-13: 9780805069587

Edition: 2009 (Revised)

Authors: William E. Leuchtenburg, Arthur M. Schlesinger, Sean Wilentz, William Edward Leuchtenburg, William Edward Leuchtenburg

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The Republican efficiency expert whose economic boosterism met its match in the Great Depression Catapulted into national politics by his heroic campaigns to feed Europe during and after World War I, Herbert Hooveran engineer by trainingexemplified the economic optimism of the 1920s. As president, however, Hoover was sorely tested by America's first crisis of the twentieth century: the Great Depression. Renowned New Deal historian William E. Leuchtenburg demonstrates how Hoover was blinkered by his distrust of government and his belief that volunteerism would solve all social ills. As Leuchtenburg shows, Hoover's attempts to enlist the aid of private- sector leaders did little to mitigate…

Book details

List price: $35.99
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
Publication date: 1/6/2009
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 208
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.75" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English