The New Deal era witnessed a surprising surge in popular engagement with the history and memory of the Civil War era. From the omnipresent book and film Gone wi

The activist state of the New Deal started forming decades before the FDR administration, demonstrating the deep roots of energetic government in America. In th

An exploration of the New Deal era highlights the politicians and pundits of the time, many of whom advocated for questionable positions, including separation o

Experts on the 1930s address the changing historical interpretations of a critical period in American history. Following a decade of prosperity, the Great Depre

When American history is divided into discrete eras, the New Deal stands, along with the Civil War, as one of those distinctive events that forever change the t