The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression - Softcover

Shlaes, Amity

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0060936428 ISBN 13: 9780060936426

Publisher: Harper Perennial, 2008

Synopsis

Title: The Forgotten Man( A New History of the Great Depression) <>Binding: Paperback <>Author: AmityShlaes <>Publisher: HarperPerennial

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Review:

"I could not put this book down. Ms. Shlaes timely chronicle of a fascinating era reads like a novel and brings a new perspective on political villains and heros--few of whom turn out to be as good or bad as history would have us believe."--Arthur Levitt

"Americans need what Shlaes has brilliantly supplied, a fresh appraisal of what the New Deal did and did not accomplish."--George F. Will

"The Forgotten Man is an incisive and controversial history of the Great Depression that challenges much of the received wisdom."--Harold Evans, author of The American Century and They Made America

"The Forgotten Man offers an understanding of the era's politics and economics that may be unprecedented in its clarity."--Mark Helprin

"Amity Shlaes's fast-paced review of the [Depression] helps enormously in putting it all in perspective."--Paul Volcker

"A well-written and stimulating account of the 1930s and its often dubious orthodoxies. . . . Ms. Shlaes rightly reminds us of the harmful effect of Rooseveltian activism and class-warfare rhetoric."--The Wall Street Journal

"The finest history of the Great Depression ever written. . . . Shlaes's achievement stands out for the devastating effect of its understated prose and for its wide sweep of characters and themes. It deserves to become the preeminent revisionist history for general readers. . . . Her narrative sparkles."--National Review

"Amity Shlaes tells the story of the Depression in splendid detail, rich with events and personalities. . . . Many of Shlaes's descriptions make genuinely delightful reading."--The New York Review of Books

"Amity Shlaes is among the most brilliant of the young writers who are transforming American financial journalism."--Paul Johnson, author of Modern Times

"Shlaes's account of The Great Depression goes beyond the familiar arguments of liberals and conservatives."--William Kristol, Editor of The Weekly Standard

Book Description:

From one of America's most respected economic commentators comes a fresh new interpretation of a crucial yet widely misunderstood moment in American history - the Great Depression

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper Perennial
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0060936428
• ISBN 13: 9780060936426
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 512