The coming of the new deal

by Schlesinger, Arthur M.

Boston · Houghton Mifflin · 1959

Prologue: The Hundred Days -- The fight for agricultural balance -- emergence of a farm policy -- Organization of agricultural adjustment -- The politics of agriculture -- The ordeal of a prophet -- Experiment in industrial planning -- The birth of NRA -- The Blue Eagle -- The conundrum of price -- The conundrum of labor -- The decline of NRA -- The economics of nationalism -- The first New Deal -- The dollar dilemma -- Explosion in London -- Variations in gold and silver -- The triumphs of reciprocity -- The cry in the streets -- The rise of federal relief -- The fight for public works -- The birth of Social Security -- The battle for public development -- Remaking the Tennessee Valley -- Saving the land -- The revival of community -- War against rural poverty -- Transformation of a labor movement -- The travail of labor -- Development of a national labor policy -- Emergence of the CIO -- Resurgence on the right -- The bridge to business -- Alienation of the financial community -- Crisis in the skies -- Controlling the stock exchanges -- The rise of conservative opposition -- The verdict of 1934 -- Evolution of the Presidency -- The dynamics of decision -- The Control of government -- The anatomy of leadership -- Behind the mask.