New Deal Fat Cats : : Campaign Finances and the Democratic Part in 1936 / / Michael Webber.

In New Deal Fat Cats, Michael Webber offers a fresh perspective on the New Deal. The author analyzes the role of various segments of society in party politics during the political change brought on by the Great Depression. Webber uses analysis of campaign contribution as a major method of evaluating...

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Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Fordham University Press, , [2021]
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Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (180 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • TABLES
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • 1. The New Deal in Historical and Theoretical IX XV Perspective
  • 2. Deserters and Traitors: Did Business Desert the Democrats between 1932 and 1936?
  • 3. The Mass-Consumption Sector and Democratic Party Finances
  • 4. Industrial Structure and Party Competition during the New Deal: The Investment Theory of Politics Reconsidered
  • 5. Roosevelt's "Soft Money Scandal": The Democratic Convention Book of 1936
  • 6. New York City and the South: The Role of Religion and Region in Financing the 1936 Election
  • 7. Organized Labor's Political Baptism: FDR and the Unions
  • 8. Conclusion
  • METHODOLOGICAL APPENDIX
  • REFERENCES
  • INDEX