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Making a New Deal: Industrial Workers in Chicago, 1919-1939

Bibliographic Details Author: Lizabeth CohenPublisher: Cambridge University PressYear: 1990 Thesis Statement In Making a New Deal, Lizabeth Cohen profoundly reinterprets the origins and nature of the New Deal by demonstrating how its transformative power emerged from the intricate interplay between … Continue reading

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Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945

David M. Kennedy. Oxford University Press, 1999. Thesis Statement Kennedy argues that the Great Depression and World War II were the two most transformative events in 20th-century American history, fundamentally reshaping the nation’s political economy, social contract, and global role, … Continue reading

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