CONTENTS

Acknowledgments

Contributors

Introduction

1. Public Attitudes Toward Government: The Social and Political Contexts of the Great Depression and Great Recession

SHEILA D. COLLINS

2. A Tale of Two Crises: A Comparative View of the Political Economy of the Great Depression and Great Recession

VOLKER JANSSEN

3. The Bottom-Up Recovery: A New Deal in Banking and Public Finance

TIMOTHY A. CANOVA

4. A Decade of Dissent: The New Deal and Popular Movements

GERTRUDE SCHAFFNER GOLDBERG

5. Labor Militance and the New Deal: Some Lessons for Today

RICHARD MCINTYRE

6. The New Deal’s Direct Job- Creation Strategy: Providing Employment Assurance for American Workers

PHILIP HARVEY

7. The New Deal and the Creation of an American Welfare State

GERTRUDE SCHAFFNER GOLDBERG

8. The Democratization of Culture: The Legacy of the New Deal Arts Programs

SHEILA D. COLLINS AND NAOMI ROSENBLUM

9. The Rightful Heritage of All: The Environmental Lessons of the Great Depression and the New Deal Response

SHEILA D. COLLINS

10. New Deal Agricultural Policy: The Unintended Consequences of Supply Management

BILL WINDERS

11. Conclusion: Learning from the Successes and Failures of the New Deal

GERTRUDE SCHAFFNER GOLDBERG

Index