Burton W. Folsom
Auteur van New Deal or Raw Deal?: How FDR's Economic Legacy Has Damaged America
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Burton W. Folsom, Jr. (born 1947) is an American historian and author. He received his doctorate in history from the University of Pittsburgh in 1976 (and as of 2008) is a professor of American history at Hillsdale College. (Bowker Author Biography)
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Empire Builders: How Michigan Entrepreneurs Helped… door Burton W. Folsom
American entrepreneurs built this country and this volume describes several important figures in business from the Michigan area.
The law of unintended consequences if one is charitable; a differing view of the various New Deal programs from the normal accolades one finds in most Secondary Educational and Collegiate history textbooks.
The book would definitely be placed in a Cons List in judging the effects of the New Deal; it is recommended as a counterpoint view to the majority positive view of the New Deal; it is biased though in primarily promoting a negative view of the New Deal, and especially of President Roosevelt himself.
It seems to me, that regardless of how one views the New Deal, it does mark a watershed moment where the Nation as a whole has been changed for better or worse.… (meer)
The book would definitely be placed in a Cons List in judging the effects of the New Deal; it is recommended as a counterpoint view to the majority positive view of the New Deal; it is biased though in primarily promoting a negative view of the New Deal, and especially of President Roosevelt himself.
It seems to me, that regardless of how one views the New Deal, it does mark a watershed moment where the Nation as a whole has been changed for better or worse.… (meer)
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