New Deals : Business, Labor, and Politics in America, 1920-1935

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Summary: An excellent history and interpretation of the New Deal era.
Review: Colin Gordon writes a fascinating history of the New Deal, which challenges the reading of Gabriel Kolko and Capture Theory. He argues that their was no monolithic business interest, but that the competitiveness of individual firms made it virtually impossible to organize around and control government regulation. Gordon's writing is excellent and his examples capture the age. A must read for any scholar of the era, or anyone who thinks they know all there is to know about the New Deal.