This book examines Hoover's record as secretary of commerce (1921-9) and economic policy during his Presidency (1929-33).

In a riveting account based on new documents and interviews with more than 400 sources on both sides of the aisle, award-winning reporter Michael Grunwald revea

Part of a series of detailed reference manuals on American economic history, this volume traces the development and growth of American commerce from the era of

In the 1930s, the Roosevelt administration--unwilling to antagonize a powerful southern congressional bloc--refused to endorse legislation that openly sought to

Examines how ordinary factory workers became unionists and national political participants by the mid-1930s.