Congressional Conservatism and the New Deal /

History faced by the disaster of depression, Congress in the early 1930s proved amenable to the far-reaching demands and programs presented to it by the newly elected President, Franklin D. Roosevelt, but by 1937 it showed increasing resistance, even outright opposition, to many New Deal measures. I...

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Auteur principal: Patterson, James T.
Collectivité auteur: Organization of American Historians
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: [Lexington] : University of Kentucky Press, 1967.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Social policy.
Politics and government.
Conservatism.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Ideologies > Conservatism & Liberalism.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Conservatisme > États-Unis.
Conservatism > United States.
United States.
États-Unis > Politique sociale.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1933-1945.
United States > Social policy.
United States > Politics and government > 1933-1945.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:History faced by the disaster of depression, Congress in the early 1930s proved amenable to the far-reaching demands and programs presented to it by the newly elected President, Franklin D. Roosevelt, but by 1937 it showed increasing resistance, even outright opposition, to many New Deal measures. In this study, James T. Patterson examines this resurgence of conservative strength in Congress, focusing upon the personalities and backgrounds of the men involved and upon the key domestic issues which brought them together in an informal coalition opposed to executive plans, especially for the yea.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (400 pages).
ISBN:9780813164045

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