Today FDR's New Deal is regarded as the democratic ideal, the positive American response to the economic crisis that propelled Germany and Italy toward Fascism. Yet in the 1930s, these regimes were hardly considered antithetical. Cultural historian Schivelbusch investigates their shared elements...

In contemporary American political discourse, issues related to the scope, authority, and the cost of the federal government are perennially at the center of discussion. Any historical analysis of this topic points directly to the Great Depression, the "moment" to which most historians and...

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Underpinnings, Precursors, and Development of the NIRA -- 3. The NIRA Code Negotiation Process -- 4. The President's Reemployment Agreement of August 1933 -- 5. Codes of Fair Competition: Industrial Planning and Collusion under the NIRA...

Introduction -- The underpinnings, precursors, and development of the NIRA -- The NIRA code negotiation process -- The president's reemployment agreement of August 1933 -- Codes of fair competition: industrial planning and collusion under the NIRA -- The NIRA compliance mechanism in theory and...