| Herbert Hoover and the Great Depression Contributor(s): Warren, Harris Gaylord (Author) |
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ISBN: 0393003949 ISBN-13: 9780393003949 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $25.60 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 1967 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 20th Century - Biography & Autobiography | Presidents & Heads Of State - Business & Economics | Economic History |
| Dewey: B |
| Series: Norton Library (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.85" H x 5" W x 8" (0.92 lbs) 384 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1930's - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this balanced evaluation of the Hoover Administration and its efforts to deal with the domestic problems of the Great Depression, Harris Gaylord Warren cuts through the myths that surround a crucial and insufficiently understood period of American political history. He outlines the conditions that produced the depression, and the political and economic philosophy that underlay Hoover's actions. Although sharply critical of Hoover's lack of vision, he demonstrates that in many ways Hoover has been unfairly judged. For, Mr. Warren notes, Hoover, "the Great Humanitarian, the Great Engineer, the Great Secretary," was "the embodiment of an idea, a legendary ideal, a portrait of intentions and not a picture of realities." |