The Life of Herbert Hoover
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The Life of Herbert Hoover

Fighting Quaker, 1928โ€“1933

  1. English
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  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

The Life of Herbert Hoover

Fighting Quaker, 1928โ€“1933

About this book

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.

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Information

Year
2012
Print ISBN
9780230103092
eBook ISBN
9781137111890

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. The Life of Herbert Hoover: Fighting Quaker 1928-1933
  3. Contents
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. Abbreviations
  6. Preface
  7. PROLOGUE: The Long Dusty Road from West Branch
  8. CHAPTER 1: Landslide
  9. CHAPTER 2: Prepping for the Presidency and Sparring with Congress
  10. CHAPTER 3: Humanizing Hoover
  11. CHAPTER 4: A Whirling Dervish
  12. CHAPTER 5: The Engine of Prosperity Jumps the Track
  13. CHAPTER 6: The Seventy-First Congress: Fighting the Political Wars
  14. CHAPTER 7: Hoover and the World: Foreign Policy, 1929โ€“1930
  15. CHAPTER 8: A Polarized Party
  16. CHAPTER 9: Combating the Depression: Phase I, 1929โ€“1930
  17. CHAPTER 10: The Seventy-Second Congress: Frustrating Yet Fruitful
  18. CHAPTER 11: Combating the Depression: Phase II, 1931โ€“1932
  19. CHAPTER 12: Frustrated Farmers, Angry Veterans
  20. CHAPTER 13: Race, Gender, and Labor
  21. CHAPTER 14: The Grim Reaper Stalks the World: Foreign Affairs, 1931โ€“1933
  22. CHAPTER 15: Life in the White House: Personal and Social
  23. CHAPTER 16: The Peter Pan in Hoover: Children and Fish
  24. CHAPTER 17: The Fourth Estate
  25. CHAPTER 18: Running for His Life: The Election of 1932
  26. CHAPTER 19: The Hard Interregnum
  27. CHAPTER 20: Fighting Quaker
  28. Notes
  29. A Note on the Sources
  30. Bibliography
  31. Index