Congressional Conservatism and the New Deal / by James T. Patterson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Patterson, James T.

Contributor:

Organization of American Historians.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Conservatism--United States.

Conservatism.

United States--Social policy.

United States.

United States--Politics and government--1933-1945.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (392 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[Lexington, Kentucky] : University of Kentucky Press, 1967.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

History faced by the disaster of depression, Congress in the early 1930s proved amenable to the far-reaching demands and programs presented to it by the newly elected President, Franklin D. Roosevelt, but by 1937 it showed increasing resistance, even outright opposition, to many New Deal measures. In this study, James T. Patterson examines this resurgence of conservative strength in Congress, focusing upon the personalities and backgrounds of the men involved and upon the key domestic issues which brought them together in an informal coalition opposed to executive plans, especially for the yea

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; PREFACE; CONTENTS; 1. A TRACTABLE CONGRESS; 2. A LONG HOT SUMMER; 3. SENATE REALIGNMENTS: THE COURT CONTROVERSY; 4. THE SENATE: SECTIONAL AND ECONOMIC DIVISIONS; 5. POLITICS OF INDEPENDENCE: THE HOUSE; 6. GROPING FOR COALITION; 7. RECESSION POLITICS, 1938; 8. COALITIONS AND ELECTIONS: THE PURGE; 9. ZENITH OF COALITION, 1939; 10. COALITION IN RETROSPECT; APPENDIX; BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W

Notes:

"Kentucky Paperbacks."

Includes index.

"Bibliographical note": p. [353]-356.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781597402125

1597402125

9780813186443

0813186447

9780813164045

0813164044

OCLC:

317458210