New deal and modern American conservatism : a defining rivalry /

New deal and modern American conservatism : a defining rivalry /

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Author / Creator:	Lloyd, Gordon, 1942- author.
Imprint:	Stanford, California : Hoover Institution Press, 2013 ©2013
Description:	ix, 108 pages ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	New Deal (1933-1939) Conservatism -- United States -- 21st century. New Deal, 1933-1939. Conservatism. Politics and government United States -- Politics and government -- 21st century. United States. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9801044

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Other authors / contributors:	Davenport, David, 1950- author.
ISBN:	0817916849 (hardback) 9780817916848 (hardback) 9780817916862 (ebook)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"Providing an often-overlooked historical perspective, Gordon Lloyd and David Davenport show how the New Deal of the 1930s established the framework for today's US domestic policy and the ongoing debate between progressives and conservatives. They examine the pivotal issues of the dispute, laying out the progressive-conservative arguments between Hoover and Roosevelt in the 1930s and illustrating how those issues remain current in public policy today. The authors detail how Hoover, alarmed by the excesses of the New Deal, pointed to the ideas that would constitute modern US conservatism and how three pillars--liberty, limited government, and constitutionalism--formed his case against the New Deal and, in turn, became the underlying philosophy of conservatism today. Illustrating how the debates between Franklin Roosevelt and Herbert Hoover were conducted much like the campaign rhetoric of liberals and conservatives in 2012, Lloyd and Davenport assert that conservatives must, to be a viable part of the national conversation, "go back to come back"--because our history contains signposts for the way forward." -- Publisher website.

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Summary:	Providing an often-overlooked historical perspective, Gordon Lloyd and David Davenport show how the New Deal of the 1930s established the framework for today's US domestic policy and the ongoing debate between progressives and conservatives. They examine the pivotal issues of the dispute, laying out the progressive-conservative arguments between Hoover and Roosevelt in the 1930s and illustrating how those issues remain current in public policy today.<br> <br> The authors detail how Hoover, alarmed by the excesses of the New Deal, pointed to the ideas that would constitute modern US conservatism and how three pillars--liberty, limited government, and constitutionalism--formed his case against the New Deal and, in turn, became the underlying philosophy of conservatism today. Illustrating how the debates between Franklin Roosevelt and Herbert Hoover were conducted much like the campaign rhetoric of liberals and conservatives in 2012, Lloyd and Davenport assert that conservatives must, to be a viable part of the national conversation, "go back to come back"--because our history contains signposts for the way forward.
Physical Description:	ix, 108 pages ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	0817916849 9780817916848 9780817916862