The New Deal or Lighting the Way

The New Deal: The Depression Years, 1933-1940

Author: Anthony J Badger

This notably successful history is not simply another narrative of the New Deal. The author considers important aspects of New Deal activity and explores the major problems in interpreting the history of each.

Library Journal

An interpretive synthesis of the history of the New Deal. Historical writing about that era has been stalemated since the 1960s, when radical critics challenged the dominant liberal interpretation. Though many aspects of this significant period have since been researched, historians largely have avoided the grand interpretation of the New Deal that used to predominate. The result has been many studies but little coherence. While Badger's work can hardly be called a major synthesis, nor can his conclusions be considered startling, it reveals that some sense can be made out of the massive, fragmented body of historical work. The New Deal was not as revolutionary as some have thought, but neither was it as conservative as others have argued. Its significance came from its success in sustaining American society during a period of great stress. A well-written study.-- Charles K. Piehl, Mankoto State Univ., Minn.

What People Are Saying

James Patterson
Extraordinarily well researched, clearly written, and balanced.

Frank Freidel
An admirable, unique overview and analysis.... .... This is the finest survey [in over] a quarter-century...

Dan T. Carter
A superb one-volume synthesis...never loses sight of the critical elements of change and continuity that marked the decade.

Ellis W. Hawley
Masterfully done...it deserves high marks for its clear and lively prose, sound judgments, and penetrating insights.

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Lighting the Way: Volunteer Child Advocates Speak Out

Author: National Court Appointed Special Advocat

Parents on the run from the law, stepparents who physically or sexually assault their children, teenagers who set fire to themselves and others: such are the tales of the abused and neglected child. Yet the 15 men and women featured in Lighting the Way discover that by speaking on behalf of abused children as court appointed volunteer advocates, they find their own voices as well -- voices that speak for joy amid despair, that offer hope in the face of hopelessness, that resonate with a deep satisfaction of aiding children. Lighting the Way takes readers on a journey of self-discovery and explains how ordinary people can achieve extraordinary things.

Table of Contents:

	Poem by Danielle	v
	Foreword	vii
	Brenda Gowen, Tarpon Springs, Florida	1
	Rick Neyrey, Houston, Texas	9
	Julie Hobson, Granville, Ohio	15
	Achaessa James, Seattle, Washington	23
	Kathleen Simmons, Liberty, Indiana	31
	Sebastian Stubbs, Sr., Macon, Georgia	37
	Susan Forstadt and Stephen Forstadt, Los Angeles, California	43
	Linda Murphy, Houston, Texas	49
	Premelia Lindor, Manchester, New Hampshire	55
	Beverly Tuttle, Porcupine, South Dakota	61
	Mary Kilgour, Gainesville, Florida	65
	Dago Benavidez, Salem, Oregon	71
	Linda Warfield, Phoenix, Arizona	75
	Donna Ratcliffe, Seminole County, Florida	79
	Stephanie O'Shieles, Houston, Texas	85
	Afterword	91
	Poem by Nicole	93
	Acknowledgments	94