Beyond the Bonus March and GI Bill : How Veteran Politics Shaped the New Deal Era.

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The period between World Wars I and II was a time of turbulent political change, with suffragists, labor radicals, demagogues, and other voices clamoring to be heard. One group of activists that has yet to be closely examined by historians is World War I veterans. Mining the papers of the Veterans o...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ortiz, Stephen R.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : NYU Press, 2009.
Temas:
Bonus Expeditionary Forces.
Bonus Expeditionary Forces
1900-1999
Veterans > Political activity > United States > History > 20th century.
World War, 1914-1918 > Veterans > United States.
Veterans > Government policy > United States > History > 20th century.
Veterans > United States > Economic conditions > 20th century.
Veterans > Education > United States > History > 20th century.
Protest movements > Washington (D.C.) > History > 20th century.
New Deal, 1933-1939.
Anciens combattants > Activité politique > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 > Anciens combattants > États-Unis.
Anciens combattants > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Anciens combattants > États-Unis > Conditions économiques > 20e siècle.
Anciens combattants > Éducation > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Contestation > Washington (D.C.) > Histoire > 20e siècle.
New Deal.
HISTORY > Military > World War I.
New Deal, 1933-1939
Politics and government
Protest movements
Veterans
Veterans > Economic conditions
Veterans > Education
Veterans > Government policy
Veterans > Political activity
United States > Politics and government > 1919-1933.
United States > Politics and government > 1933-1945.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1919-1933.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1933-1945.
United States
Washington (D.C.)
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:The period between World Wars I and II was a time of turbulent political change, with suffragists, labor radicals, demagogues, and other voices clamoring to be heard. One group of activists that has yet to be closely examined by historians is World War I veterans. Mining the papers of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) and the American Legion (AL), Stephen R. Ortiz reveals that veterans actively organized in the years following the war to claim state benefits (such as pensions and bonuses), and strove to articulate a role for themselves as a distinct political bloc during the New Deal era. Bey.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (262 pages)
ISBN:9780814762561
0814762565

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