About this title: In the first volume in Schlesinger's Age Of Roosevelt series, the esteemed historian describes how the Wall Street Crash of '29 ended a period of prosperity and led to the Depression. Roosevelt emerges on the scene as a force for change.
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Edition: Book Club Edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Date Published: 1957
Description: Good in fair dust jacket. Nice hard cover, lightly read, wear/tear/aging to dust jacket, light aging to pages, stk #1015f9. 557 p. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, Boston
Date Published: 1957
Description: Acceptable. 1957 hardback no d/j. acceptable condition. binding tight ex college library. Thanks for looking at our books we ship fast and we guarantee books we sell. The Crisis of the Old Order is the first of four volumes interpreting the political, economic, social, and intellectual history of our time in terms of the controversial figure who became its spokesman and its symbol. Part of a larger work, the present book stands on its own feet as a study of the American people during some of ... read more
Description: Good. Hardcover, 1957. Offered by the Antiquarian, Rare, and Collectable Books section at Better World Books. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed. Join the more than 2.8 million customers who have supported global literacy with their book purchases. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1956, Boston
Date Published: 1956
Description: VG in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Ex-library. Pocket in back and institutional stamp on pocket. Plastic cover on jacket. read more
Description: Fair. B0006DD6UW The rear cover is missing and there is some highlighting scattered throughout the book. Overall, this copy is still very readable. Ships, well packaged and very quickly, from MI. A detailed description is coming soon. The condition selected for the item is accurate and consistent with our other listings of the same general condition. If you have any questions or you would like a detailed description of the item prior to our revision of the listing, please do not hesitate to ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, Boston
Description: Good. B000R2MTDW Good condition, minor wear. No DJ. Wear on edges and corners. Inside pages are clean. No major marks or damage. 100% satisfaction guaranteed. Great customer service and a no problem, EZ return policy. Real people, real service, since 1981. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Houghton and Mifflin, Boston, MA
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780395489031ISBN:0395489032
Description: Good ++ No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Pages are clean with some highlighting. Cover corners and edges are lightly rubbed. Binding is tight. Crisp clean copy. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: History Book Club by arrangement with Houghton Mifflin
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780965381086ISBN:0965381080
Description: Very Good. Very good condition lightly read hardback book with dustjacket that has some wear, very clean no highlighting, underlining or notes. read more
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"Very competent history of the period 1900 to 1933 in American politics with a view to the background of the FDR presidency. It is particularly interesting to read the material relating to the development of the financial crisis leading to the great depression. Many of the events and the arguments have paralells to our contemporary economic situation. It also is interesting to compare the popular political ideologies with those current in our present political culture."
"Schlesinger provides an admiring popular history of Roosevelt's rise to power that is full of surprises when read 50 years later by a non historian. The extreme positions that intelligent, responsible people took in the early 30s, ranging from laissez faire complacency at the impoverishment of the country to embrace of Mussolini style fascism to communism, is amazing. Obviously people were at a loss about what to do and started flailing. Viewing from our current economic situation, I wince. In late 1929 people thought everything would bounce right back after a short adjustment just as I do today.
The book itself has lots of good stories, giving just as much space to the observations of the White House servants as it does to those of John Maynard Keynes. Unfortunately, since Keynes' observations were a little more complex than those of the servants, someone not already familiar with his theories might well end up confused.
Historically, I am sure that much more even handed books have been written about the period, but this book is an enjoyable trip through the past as my parents and their generation saw it."
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