Utopian Movements and Ideas of the Great Depression (eBook)

Dreamers, Believers, and Madmen

Donald W. Whisenhunt (Autor)

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2013
200 Seiten
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-0-7391-8133-1 (ISBN)

Infos

Utopian Movements and Ideas of the Great Depression explores several lesser known movements for change and reform in the Great Depression Era of the 1930s. It includes studies of a few communal societies, proposals for reform, and analyses of several books written in the 1930s that propose solutions to the nation's economic ills.

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In the 1930s, the United States was beset with an economic crisis so serious that it threatened the future of the nation. On the national level, Franklin Roosevelt initiated and developed a variety of reforms and experiments as part of the New Deal. Some Americans looking for change believed Roosevelt was going in the wrong direction, while others believed he was too timid in his reforms. Still others thought he had not broken free of the restraints placed on him by the financial interests of the country. Many Americans had their own ideas about how to address the financial crisis and took matters into their own hands. In Utopian Movements and Ideas of the Great Depression, Donald W. Whisenhunt explores several lesser-known movements for change and reform in the Great Depression Era including communal societies, proposals for reform, and analyses of several books that propose solutions to the nations economic ills. Arguably, America has been a Utopian experiment from its beginning; the movements and ideas of the 1930s were simply the latest manifestations of that experiment. Though not well known, the people and events studied represent the thinking of some of the most articulate and driven Americans during the economic crisis. Despite their lack of obvious success, they represent an important American ideathat an average person can devise solutions to societys problems. These movements and ideas embody the American belief in progress and the power of the individual.

Autor

Donald W. Whisenhunt is emeritus professor of history at Western Washington University.

Inhalt

Chapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: The UtopiansChapter 3: The Politician: Maury Maverick and the Diga Relief' Colony, 1932-1933 Chapter 4: The Priest: Father Cox: Activist, Community Builder, PoliticianChapter 5: The Socialists: The Continental Congress of Workers and FarmersChapter 6: The Editor: Henry C. McCowen, Prairie RadicalChapter 7: The King: Ralph Elon Turton and the World ConstitutionChapter 8: The WritersChapter 9: Conclusion

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 22.3.2013
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► 20. Jahrhundert bis 1945
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Schlagworte: American History • Social and Cultural History • twentieth century history
• ISBN-10: 0-7391-8133-5 / 0739181335
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7391-8133-1 / 9780739181331