{"product_id":"the-american-people-in-the-great-depression-9780195168921","title":"The American People in the Great Depression","description":"On October 24, 1929, America met the greatest economic devastation it had ever known. In this first installment of his Pulitzer Prize-winning \u003cem\u003eFreedom from Fear\u003c\/em\u003e, Kennedy tells how America endured, and eventually prevailed, in the face of that unprecedented calamity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKennedy vividly demonstrates that the economic crisis of the 1930s was more than a reaction to the excesses of the 1920s. For more than a century before the Crash, America's unbridled industrial revolution had gyrated through repeated boom and bust cycles, consuming capital and inflicting misery on city and countryside alike. Nor was the alleged prosperity of the 1920s as uniformly shared as legend portrays. Countless Americans eked out threadbare lives on the margins of national life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRoosevelt's New Deal wrenched opportunity from the trauma of the 1930s and created a lasting legacy of economic and social reform, but it was afflicted with shortcomings and contradictions as well. With an even hand Kennedy details the New Deal's problems and defeats, as well as its achievements. He also sheds fresh light on its incandescent but enigmatic author, Franklin D. Roosevelt. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMarshalling unforgettable narratives that feature prominent leaders as well as lesser-known citizens, \u003cem\u003eThe American People in the Great Depression\u003c\/em\u003e tells the story of a resilient nation finding courage in an unrelenting storm.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid M. Kennedy\u003c\/strong\u003e is Donald J. McLachlan Professor of History at Stanford University. He is the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning \u003cem\u003eFreedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945\u003c\/em\u003e. He is also the author of \u003cem\u003eOver Here: The First World War and American Society\u003c\/em\u003e, which was a Pulitzer Prize finalist, and \u003cem\u003eBirth Control in America: The Career of Margaret Sanger\u003c\/em\u003e, which won the Bancroft Prize. He lives in Stanford, California.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50503108034834,"sku":"9780195168921","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2861546d-fe61-4bdf-9aff-3e758d82c2f6.jpg?v=1730782832","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-american-people-in-the-great-depression-9780195168921","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}