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by Ira Katznelson

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Redefining our traditional understanding of the New Deal, "Fear Itself" finally examines this pivotal American era through a sweeping international lens that juxtaposes a struggling democracy with enticing ideologies like fascism and communism.

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A work that "deeply reconceptualizes the New Deal and raises countless provocative questions" (David Kennedy), Fear Itself changes the ground rules for our understanding of this pivotal era in American history. Ira Katznelson examines the New Deal through the lens of a pervasive, almost existential fear that gripped a world defined by the collapse of capitalism and the rise of competing dictatorships, as well as a fear created by the ruinous racial divisions in American society. Katznelson argues that American democracy was both saved and distorted by a Faustian collaboration that guarded racial segregation as it built a new national state to manage capitalism and assert global power. Fear Itself charts the creation of the modern American state and "how a belief in the common good gave way to a central government dominated by interest-group politics and obsessed with national security" (Louis Menand, The New Yorker).

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  • Title Fear Itself: The New Deal and the Origins of Our Time
  • Author Ira Katznelson
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 720
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Liveright Publishing Corporation
  • Publication date 2014-03-17
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780871407382 / 0871407388
  • Weight 1.19 lbs (0.54 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.35 x 5.5 x 1.26 in (21.21 x 13.97 x 3.20 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1930's
    • Chronological Period: 1940's
    • Chronological Period: 1950's
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
  • Category History - U.S.
  • Dewey Decimal Code 973.917

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  • New Yorker (The), 11/02/2015, Page 90
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