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Life of Herbert Hoover : Fighting Quaker, 1928-1933, Hardcover by Jeansonne, ...
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- Book Title
- Life of Herbert Hoover : Fighting Quaker, 1928-1933
- ISBN
- 9780230103092
- Subject Area
- Political Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
- Publication Name
- Life of Herbert Hoover : Fighting Quaker, 1928-1933
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Item Length
- 11 in
- Subject
- United States / 20th Century, History & Theory, Social History, Presidents & Heads of State, Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)
- Publication Year
- 2012
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.4 in
- Item Weight
- 33.8 Oz
- Item Width
- 6.4 in
- Number of Pages
- Xxi, 539 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN-10
023010309X
ISBN-13
9780230103092
eBay Product ID (ePID)
15038258764
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
Xxi, 539 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Life of Herbert Hoover : Fighting Quaker, 1928-1933
Subject
United States / 20th Century, History & Theory, Social History, Presidents & Heads of State, Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)
Publication Year
2012
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Political Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.4 in
Item Weight
33.8 Oz
Item Length
11 in
Item Width
6.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2011-277549
Dewey Edition
19
Reviews
"Essential." - CHOICE 'Glen Jeansonne's meticulous research and vigorous, passionate prose, creates an insightful evaluation of a misunderstood and sometimes forgotten president in The Life of Herbert Hoover: Fighting Quaker, 1928-1933. Jeansonne offers the reader a fresh look at Hoover's presidency, eloquently shedding light on how he met a demanding job during difficult times. Fighting Quaker is much more than an evaluation of a president; instead, it empathetically paints a picture of a humanitarian public servant met with an untimely economic disaster, rather than an impersonal, do-nothing president mishandling adversity. With warmth, candor, and an impressive depth of research, Jeansonne crafts a portrait of a great American.'-Express Milwaukee 'In masterful prose, Glen Jeansonne skillfully explains how a man once heralded as the 'Master of Emergencies' was later branded as 'President Reject.' It's a cautionary tale of the contradictions between public service and political leadership and Jeansonne tells it well. This book is destined to become the standard account of the Hoover presidency.'- Timothy Walch, Director Emeritus, Herbert Hoover Presidential Library 'In this nuanced and sensitive portrait of Herbert Hoover as President, Glen Jeansonne invites readers to take a fresh look at the thirty-first President. His Hoover is a warmly human leader who drew upon twenty years of national and international experience to formulate a rational but ultimately unsuccessful program to combat the Great Depression. This book offers readers a fresh, impartial account of the much-criticized presidency of Herbert Hoover.'-Kendrick A. Clements, professor of History, the University of South Carolina and author of The Life of Herbert Hoover: Imperfect Visionary, 1918-1928 'Glen Jeansonne demystifies and revitalizes the distorted image of Herbert Hoover, commonly perceived as a failed president, rejected by public opinion, historians, and posterity. Meticulously researched and written in an eloquent style, Jeansonne explores every facet of Hoover's presidency, going beyond any previous study in detail, thoroughness, and insight. He portrays a warm, sensitive, humane, principled, yet flexible, embattled Quaker coping with a tough job during tough times. The reader learns that while the Great Depression was the focus of president's time and energy there was much more to his administration, including his family, his social life, his love of children, good conversation, reading, and fishing, his inveterate kindness, and his gentle wit. The Life of Herbert Hoover: Fighting Quaker, 1928-1933 opens new vistas into the life and presidency of Herbert Hoover and doubtless will alter the image of the much maligned national leader whom Raymond Moley characterized as the greatest Republican of his generation.'-Hal Elliott Wert, Kansas City Art Institute, and author of Hoover the Fishing President: Portrait of a Private Man and His Life Outdoors 'Glen Jeansonne has produced an impressive and provocative appraisal of Herbert Hoover's embattled presidency-and a fresh, empathetic account of a remarkable American life. Writing with vigor and flair, Jeansonne presents us a Hoover almost nobody knows but whom everyone ought to know, if we are to understand our nation's past without prejudice.'-George H. Nash, author of the first three volumes of The Life of Herbert Hoover
TitleLeading
The
Number of Volumes
1 vol.
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
973.91/6/0924 B
Table Of Content
The Long Dusty Road from West Branch Landslide Prepping for the Presidency and Sparring with Congress Humanizing Hoover A Whirling Dervish The Engine of Prosperity Jumps the Track The Seventy-First Congress: Fighting the Political Wars Hoover and the World: Foreign Policy, 1929-1930 A Polarized Party Combating the Depression: Phase One, 1929-1930 The Seventy-Second Congress: Frustrating, Yet Fruitful Fighting the Depression: Phase II, 1931-1932 Frustrated Farmers, Angry Veterans Race, Gender, and Labor The Grim Reaper Stalks the World: Foreign Affairs, 1931-1933 Life in the White House: Personal and Social The Peter Pan in Hoover: Children and Fish The Fourth Estate Running for His Life: The Election of 1932 The Hard Interregnum Fighting Quaker
Synopsis
This is the first definitive study of the presidency of America's least understood, most neglected and most under-appreciated Chief Executive. Born in a Quaker hamlet in Iowa, orphaned at nine, Herbert Hoover rose to wealth and world fame as an international mining engineer, the savior of Belgium during the Great War, and Food Administrator under Woodrow Wilson. Perhaps the greatest Secretary of Commerce in American history, he helped engineer the prosperity of the 1920s and vainly warned of an economy overheated by speculation that collapsed in the Wall Street Crash of 1929. Combining government with private resources, he became the first president to pit government action against the economic cycle, setting precedents and spawning ideas employed by his successor and all future presidents. Modest, shy, humble, with a subtle sense of humor, he lacked the self-promotional style of professional politicians and eschewed political invective. His depression measures mitigated the effects of the depression yet failed to end it. In foreign policy he sponsored naval disarmament, refused to recognition territory seized by force, and made world peace his priority. Maligned as a miserly misanthrope, he was blamed for the crash and depression during the 1932 campaign, which he lost to Franklin D. Roosevelt by a slightly larger margin than he had defeated Al Smith in 1928. Jeansonne's study sweeps away the cobwebs of neglect from Hoover's presidency and his lively prose humanizes and evokes greater understanding of our thirty-first president., This is the first definitive study of the presidency of America's least understood and most under-appreciated Chief Executive. Combining government with private resources, Hoover became the first president to pit government action against the economic cycle, setting precedents and spawning ideas employed by his successor and all future presidents.
LC Classification Number
CB3-481
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