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Synopsis
McMahon demonstrates how FDR's goals of constructing a stronger presidency and undermining the power of conservative Southern Democrats dovetailed with his administration's efforts to seek racial equality through the federal courts.
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Review
Winner of the 2005 Richard E. Neustadt Book Award for the best book on the Presidency "An important contribution to legal history."-Choice "Thoughtful and meticulously researched . . . This work makes a significant contribution to our understanding of the political climate and reality of the New Deal era as well as informing our explanations of judicial policy and the rise of the modern civil rights movement."-Law and Politics Book Review "An important contribution to legal history."--"Choice" "An important contribution to legal history."-"Choice"
About the Author
Kevin J. McMahon is an associate professor in the Department of Political Science at the State University of New York, Fredonia.
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- PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 0226500861
- ISBN 13 9780226500867
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages280
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