Bibliograph

The crisis of the old order, 1919-1933, Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr

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The crisis of the old order, 1919-1933, Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The crisis of the old order, 1919-1933

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr

Series statement

The age of Roosevelt, v. 1

Summary

The Crisis of the Old Order, 1919-1933, volume one of Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and biographer Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.'s Age of Roosevelt series, is the first of three books that interpret the political, economic, social, and intellectual history of the early twentieth century in terms of Franklin D. Roosevelt, the spokesman and symbol of the period. Portraying the United States from the Great War to the Great Depression, The Crisis of the Old Order covers the Jazz Age and the rise and fall of the cult of business. For a season, prosperity seemed permanent, but the illusion came to an end when Wall Street crashed in October 1929. Public trust in the wisdom of business leadership crashed too. With a dramatist's eye for vivid detail and a scholar's respect for accuracy, Schlesinger brings to life the era that gave rise to FDR and his New Deal and changed the public face of the United States forever

Target audience

adult

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