Publication

1988 - Houghton Mifflin, Boston, Massachusetts

Language

English

Word Count

139,250 words, Guess

Page Count

557 pages

Identifiers

and 4 more
  • LibraryThing136502
  • Library of Congress Control Number88008210
  • Better World Books9780395489031
  • Open LibraryOL2032514M

Classifications

  • DDC973.91
  • LCCE784 .S36 1988
  • LCCE784 .S36 1957b
and 1 more
  • LCCE784.S36 1988

Description

This book, first in a Pulitzer Prize winning trilogy, describes the conditions (economic, socio-political, etc.) that led to the Great Depression & the election of Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933. Schlesinger takes a multi-disciplinary approach to his topic, examining this period period via the major actors who played a part in shaping it, as well as the emerging trends that such persons represented. As the "old order" succumbed to the turbulence & change that characterized the 20th Century, Schlesinger does a masterful job describing its decline.

Subjects

Series Statement

  • The American Heritage library
  • The Age of Roosevelt

Other Editions

  • The crisis of the old order, 1919-1933Houghton Mifflin1988-01-01

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