Herbert Hoover, Unemployment, and the Public Sphere: A Conceptual History, 1919-1933

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Vincent Gaddis Mary O. Furner

Herbert Hoover, Unemployment, and the Public Sphere

A Conceptual History, 1919-1933

Vincent Gaddis, Mary O. Furner

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English

University Press of America
26 September 2005

History of the Americas; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; Employment & unemployment; Economic history

Herbert Hoover, Unemployment, and the Public Sphere examines the fulfillment of Hoover's ideas in the area of unemployment between 1919 and 1933. The economic system Herbert Hoover envisioned, one based on cooperation and individual initiative with limited government, and the language he used to promote this system defined New Era discourse. His American Individualism, printed in 1923, served as the political philosophy of the administrations of the 1920s. In his discourse from 1919-1921, Hoover expanded the criteria- the conceptual definitions of virtue and liberty. The book includes a foreword by Mary O. Furner.

By: Vincent Gaddis, Mary O. Furner
Imprint: University Press of America
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 227mm, Width: 147mm, Spine: 17mm
Weight: 313g
ISBN: 9780761832355
ISBN 10: 0761832351
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 26 September 2005
Audience: College/higher education , A / AS level
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Chapter 1 Foreword Chapter 2 Acknowledgements Chapter 3 Herbert Hoover, Unemployment, and the Public Sphere: A Conceptual History, 1919-1933 Chapter 4 Herbert Hoover and the Unemployment Conference of 1921 Chapter 5 Herbert Hoover and Political Economy, 1919-1925: An Overview Chapter 6 A Challenge to Voluntarism: Hoover and Coal, 1921-1927 Chapter 7 Voluntarism and Municipal Government: Chicago, 1921-1927 Chapter 8 Unemployment Relief Strategies in Milwaukee, 1921-1925 Chapter 9 Detroit, Automobiles, and the Unemployment Crisis of 1921 Chapter 10 Herbert Hoover, the Great Depression, and the Widening of Voluntarism Chapter 11 Municipal Government and Voluntarism: Chicago, Milwaukee, and Detroit-The Great Depression Chapter 12 Conclusion: Herbert Hoover and the Public Sphere Chapter 13 Bibliography Chapter 14 Index

Vincent Gaddis is Associate Professor of American History at Benedictine University. Professor Gaddis holds a Ph.D. in United States Public Policy History from Northern Illinois University.

Reviews for Herbert Hoover, Unemployment, and the Public Sphere: A Conceptual History, 1919-1933

Gaddis draws on research in personal manuscript collections, municpial records, local and state historical societies, printed autobiographies and biographies, and city newspapers to fill in the picture of how Hooverian response to the immediate crisis of unemployment in 1921 played out on the local level. * H-Net: Humanities and Social Science Reviews Online *