The Politics Of Upheaval
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Edition: 1st uk ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Previous owner
In the turbulent crucible of the mid-1930s, America stood at a crossroads — and Franklin D. Roosevelt stood at the centre of it all. The Politics of Upheaval, the third volume in Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.'s magisterial series The Age of Roosevelt, chronicles the dramatic final years of the New Deal's most radical phase, from 1935 to 1936, capturing the fierce ideological battles, the rise of demagogues, and the sweeping social transformations that reshaped the American republic. Schlesinger presents a vivid portrait of a nation in ferment, where populist firebrands like Huey Long and Father Coughlin challenged Roosevelt's dominance, and landmark legislation — the Social Security Act, the Wagner Act, and the Soak the Rich tax — redefined the relationship between government and citizen. Schlesinger's prose is as authoritative as it is compelling, weaving political biography, social history, and intellectual analysis into a seamless narrative tapestry that earned him the Pulitzer Prize. His mastery of primary sources and his intimate knowledge of the key players — from Eleanor Roosevelt to Felix Frankfurter — lend the work an unparalleled immediacy and depth. A triumph of historical scholarship, this volume leaves the reader not merely informed but genuinely gripped by the question of whether democratic capitalism could survive its own contradictions.
Author: Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr
Format: Hardback
Published: 1961, Heinemann
Genre: American history
Edition: 1st uk ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Previous owner
In the turbulent crucible of the mid-1930s, America stood at a crossroads — and Franklin D. Roosevelt stood at the centre of it all. The Politics of Upheaval, the third volume in Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.'s magisterial series The Age of Roosevelt, chronicles the dramatic final years of the New Deal's most radical phase, from 1935 to 1936, capturing the fierce ideological battles, the rise of demagogues, and the sweeping social transformations that reshaped the American republic. Schlesinger presents a vivid portrait of a nation in ferment, where populist firebrands like Huey Long and Father Coughlin challenged Roosevelt's dominance, and landmark legislation — the Social Security Act, the Wagner Act, and the Soak the Rich tax — redefined the relationship between government and citizen. Schlesinger's prose is as authoritative as it is compelling, weaving political biography, social history, and intellectual analysis into a seamless narrative tapestry that earned him the Pulitzer Prize. His mastery of primary sources and his intimate knowledge of the key players — from Eleanor Roosevelt to Felix Frankfurter — lend the work an unparalleled immediacy and depth. A triumph of historical scholarship, this volume leaves the reader not merely informed but genuinely gripped by the question of whether democratic capitalism could survive its own contradictions.