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Binding: Audio CD
Dewey Decimal Number: 973.916
EAN: 9780061256431
Edition: Unabridged
Format: Audiobook, Unabridged
ISBN: 0061256439
Label: HarperAudio
Manufacturer: HarperAudio
Number Of Items: 12
Publication Date: June 01, 2007
Publisher: HarperAudio
Release Date: June 12, 2007
Studio: HarperAudio
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Editorial Review:
Product Description:
It's difficult today to imagine how America survived the Great Depression. Only through the stories of the common people who struggled during that era can we really understand how the nation endured. In The Forgotten Man, Amity Shlaes offers a striking reinterpretation of the Great Depression. Rejecting the old emphasis on the New Deal, she turns to the neglected and moving stories of individual Americans, and shows how they helped establish the steadfast character we developed as a nation.
Shlaes also traces the mounting agony of the New Dealers themselves as they discovered their errors. 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. The real question about the Depression, she argues, is not whether Roosevelt ended it with World War II. It is why the Depression lasted so long. From 1929 to 1940, federal intervention helped to make the Depression great—in part by forgetting the men and women who sought to help one another. The Forgotten Man, offers a new look at one of the most important periods in our history, allowing us to understand the strength of American character today.
Rating:
- Characters of the Era
Well written and easy to follow description of the characters behind the events during the FDR administration. If you look for a comprehensive book about the Great Depression, its causes and consequences, you will not find it in this book. However, for readers already knowledgeable on those events, it is a great supplement of information. If you want to grasp the characters of the time, this book is a must.
Rating:
- The Forgotten Man
Execllent, scholarly work. A must read to see how much the Depression and the New Deal are reflected in our current financial mess and government.
Rating:
- Pull in the Reins
This is a good book, but seems almost too detailed. The author discusses meetings, letters and events that sometimes have little to no bearing on the subject.
Rating: - We don't need to repeat the mistakes of the past
This is a great book and it is an especially important read today. Shlaes shows how Hoover's and FDR's policies pushed a recession into a depression. She shows how FDR's policies kept the country in a depression for over eight years. She ends the book as WWII was beginning. If it wasn't for the war who knows how long the depression would have gone. Although conditions today are nowhere near as bad as the great depression, many of the policies being put forth by our leaders are disturbingly similar ... Read More
Rating: - Perfect for our current economic situation
The parallels between then and now are amazing. This book can help us understand where we are and where we might go.
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The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression
by: Amity Shlaes
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Binding: Audio CD
Dewey Decimal Number: 973.916
EAN: 9780061256431
Edition: Unabridged
Format: Audiobook, Unabridged
ISBN: 0061256439
Label: HarperAudio
Manufacturer: HarperAudio
Number Of Items: 12
Publication Date: June 01, 2007
Publisher: HarperAudio
Release Date: June 12, 2007
Studio: HarperAudio
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Editorial Review:
Product Description:
It's difficult today to imagine how America survived the Great Depression. Only through the stories of the common people who struggled during that era can we really understand how the nation endured. In The Forgotten Man, Amity Shlaes offers a striking reinterpretation of the Great Depression. Rejecting the old emphasis on the New Deal, she turns to the neglected and moving stories of individual Americans, and shows how they helped establish the steadfast character we developed as a nation.
Shlaes also traces the mounting agony of the New Dealers themselves as they discovered their errors. 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. The real question about the Depression, she argues, is not whether Roosevelt ended it with World War II. It is why the Depression lasted so long. From 1929 to 1940, federal intervention helped to make the Depression great—in part by forgetting the men and women who sought to help one another. The Forgotten Man, offers a new look at one of the most important periods in our history, allowing us to understand the strength of American character today.
Average Rating:
Rating:
- Characters of the EraWell written and easy to follow description of the characters behind the events during the FDR administration. If you look for a comprehensive book about the Great Depression, its causes and consequences, you will not find it in this book. However, for readers already knowledgeable on those events, it is a great supplement of information. If you want to grasp the characters of the time, this book is a must.
Rating:
- The Forgotten ManExecllent, scholarly work. A must read to see how much the Depression and the New Deal are reflected in our current financial mess and government.
Rating:
- Pull in the ReinsThis is a good book, but seems almost too detailed. The author discusses meetings, letters and events that sometimes have little to no bearing on the subject.
Rating:
- We don't need to repeat the mistakes of the pastThis is a great book and it is an especially important read today. Shlaes shows how Hoover's and FDR's policies pushed a recession into a depression. She shows how FDR's policies kept the country in a depression for over eight years. She ends the book as WWII was beginning. If it wasn't for the war who knows how long the depression would have gone. Although conditions today are nowhere near as bad as the great depression, many of the policies being put forth by our leaders are disturbingly similar ... Read More
Rating:
- Perfect for our current economic situationThe parallels between then and now are amazing. This book can help us understand where we are and where we might go.
Arts & Photography • Biographies & Memoirs • Business & Investing • Children's Books • Comics & Graphic Novels • Computers & Internet • Cooking, Food & Wine • Entertainment • Gay & Lesbian • Health, Mind & Body • History • Home & Garden • Law • Literature & Fiction • Medicine • Mystery & Thrillers • Nonfiction • Outdoors & Nature • Parenting & Families • Professional & Technical • Reference • Religion & Spirituality • Romance • Science • Science Fiction & Fantasy • Sports • Teens • Travel •
