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Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal: 1932-1940

William E. Leuchtenburg

When the stability of American life was threatened by the Great Depression, the decisive and visionary policy contained in FDR's New Deal offered America a way forward. In this groundbreaking work, William E. Leuchtenburg traces the evolution of what was both the most controversial and effective socioeconomic initiative ever undertaken in the United States—and explains how the social fabric of American life was forever altered. It offers illuminating lessons on the challenges of economic transformation—for our time and for all time.

HistoryAmerican History · medium confidenceAmerican History81 signalsLlm Classifier: American History -> American HistoryGoogle Books: History -> HistoryKeyword Classifier: American History -> American HistoryScience & DiscoveryLabor, Work & OrganizingMoney, Markets & Economic PolicyRegional & Local History

Award History

1 wins · 1 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
Bancroft PrizeMajor1964WinnerOfficial source
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  1. 01 Central figures

    • Franklin D. Roosevelt92%

  2. 02 Central places

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

  3. 03 Suggested argument

    FDR’s New Deal provided a decisive and visionary policy path forward when the Great Depression threatened American life’s stability, profoundly altering the social fabric.

    Model confidence 74%

  4. 04 Reading orientation

    35 / 100 academic

    Serious trade

    An estimate of intended readership and scholarly apparatus—not quality or importance.

Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 83%.