Franklin D. Roosevelt / / Patrick Renshaw

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910821255503321
• Autore: Renshaw Patrick <1936-, >
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London : , : Routledge, , 2014
• ISBN: 1-315-83748-X; 1-317-87400-5; 1-317-87401-3; 1-281-34714-0; 9786611347147; 1-4058-9853-4
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (254 p.)
• Collana: Profiles In Power
• Disciplina: 973.917092
• Soggetti: Presidents - United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: First published 2004 by Pearson Education Limited.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-213) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Chronology; Abbreviations and Code Names; 1 The Paradox of Power; 2 The Power of Patrician Upbringing, 1882-1911; 3 Power in Albany and Washington, 1911-21 ; 4 The Fight to Regain Power, 1921-29; 5 Power as Governor, 1929-33; 6 Power, Banking, Agriculture and the New Deal; 7 Power, Industry and the New Deal, 1933-35; 8 Power and Reform, 1935-37; 9 Power at Home in Peace and War, 1937-45; 10 Power Abroad in Peace and War, 1933-45; Conclusion: Sex, Money and Power; Notes; Bibliographical Essay; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: An important addition to the Profiles in Power series, this critical biography looks at Franklin D. Roosevelt, the most dominant US politician of the 1930s and 1940s. Roosevelt led the United States through the two great crises of depression and the Second World War, making him one of the key figures of the twentieth century.