When the New Deal Came to Town A Snapshot of a Place and Time with Lessons for Today (Audible Audio Edition) George Melloan Bob Souer Tantor Audio Books
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When the New Deal Came to Town is a snapshot of a time and place Whiteland, Indiana during the Great Depression, one of the most fraught eras in American history.
Imagine yourself transported back in time to April of 1933 and deposited in a small American town, when a young boy named George Melloan moved with his family to this quiet hamlet during the middle of the worst economic period in American history. Part social history, part personal observations, When the New Deal Came to Town provides a keen eyewitness account of how the Depression affected everyday lives and applies those experiences to the larger arena of American politics.
Told with Melloan's signature "clarity and polemical skill" (The Washington Times), this is a fascinating narrative history that provides new insight into the Great Depression for a new generation.
When the New Deal Came to Town A Snapshot of a Place and Time with Lessons for Today (Audible Audio Edition) George Melloan Bob Souer Tantor Audio Books
The author did an OUTSTANDING job of introducing very small town Indiana life during the first half of the 20th century. It is an easy to read book that I found hard to put down.As to enjoyment, this book deserves 5 stars. It is really that good!
As to the coverage of the "new deal" and its impact upon small town U.S., that's where I wanted a bit more than that provided. I feel there was much more to give, regarding the subject of the book. Or, perhaps I failed to adequately manage my expectations
as I selected it.
Regardless, it is an interesting, well written, easy and involving read. All interested in U.S. history during this period or just plain ordinary small town life during the 1920s, 30s and 40s would learn a lot from this, and GREATLY ENJOY IT as they do so.
A fun and worthy read.
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When the New Deal Came to Town A Snapshot of a Place and Time with Lessons for Today (Audible Audio Edition) George Melloan Bob Souer Tantor Audio Books Reviews
The author brings the reader into the lives of people in a small town and the surrounding areas during the Great Depression and the later recession of the 1930s. He provides us with a sense of how they survive and what they do to face adversities of failure, success, and challenges. Occasionally, the author disrupts the flow of being immersed into the 1930s by adding stories of recent history and his political views. The best portion are those where the reader lives in the 1930s.
Pick up some similar articles from a "Readers Digest" or "Look" magazine. It's cheaper, less time consuming, and just as "insightful."
Stories my parents told from Troy, OH near IN were not as rosy due to industry distress and bank failures in Dayton. But they still hated FDR.
Once again, another “Up is Down” book about the Great Depression and The New Deal.
Remember Presidential candidate Ronald Reagan? He asked famously when he ran for president in 1980 “Are you better off than you were 4 years ago??”
In 1937, real GDP per capita had grown by 39.9% since FDR’ New Deal began in 1933. This is the largest increase during any 4-year period beginning in 1869 through 2016 – 147 years (excluding WWII). And over the next four years … 1937-to-1941…the GDP increase was 27.7% - the 5th largest increase.
In fact, 5-of-10 of the greatest GDP 4 year increases occurred after the New Deal began in 1933 and prior to WWII.
How do I know this information? I wrote my graduate dissertation at the London School of Economics on about this very subject matter.
A good analysis that makes points not covered in traditional coverage of the period.
My parents loved Eisenhower and Hoover -- the New Deal for them was a God-send. This book shows that maybe it was not. I liked the way Melloan went back and forth from his childhood and gave a conservative approach to what happened. I learned a lot but was not blown away with the book.
Good stories about small town Indiana and how the folks coped and survived during the Depression. The bigger message is how the Federal Government, under both Republican and Democratic administrations, screwed things up. Lessons I wish current politicians would learn.
The author did an OUTSTANDING job of introducing very small town Indiana life during the first half of the 20th century. It is an easy to read book that I found hard to put down.
As to enjoyment, this book deserves 5 stars. It is really that good!
As to the coverage of the "new deal" and its impact upon small town U.S., that's where I wanted a bit more than that provided. I feel there was much more to give, regarding the subject of the book. Or, perhaps I failed to adequately manage my expectations
as I selected it.
Regardless, it is an interesting, well written, easy and involving read. All interested in U.S. history during this period or just plain ordinary small town life during the 1920s, 30s and 40s would learn a lot from this, and GREATLY ENJOY IT as they do so.
A fun and worthy read.
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