Show notes
By 1935 the material conditions of the average America were still unacceptably low and millions had no hope of private employment. Help was on the way though, and FDR would spare no expense in making the new Works Progress Administration a success. Bibliography for this episode: Taylor, Nick American Made, The Enduring Legacy of the WPA: When FDR Put the Nation to Work Bantam Books 2008Kennedy, David M. Freedom From Fear: The American People in Depression and War 1929-1945 Oxford University Press 1999Hiltzik, Michael The New Deal: A Modern History Simon and Schuster 2011Schlesinger Jr, Arthur M. The Politics of Upheaval 1935-1936: The Age of Roosevelt Volume III First Mariner Books 2003Katznelson, Ira Fear Itself: The New Deal and the Origins of Our Time W.W. Norton and Company, Inc 2013Smith, Jason Scott A Concise History of the New Deal Cambridge University Press 2014Leuchtenburg, William E. Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal 1932-1940 Harper-Perennial 1963 Questions? Comments? Email me at [email protected]

