Reorganizing Roosevelt’s Government: The Controversy over Executive Reorganization, 1936–1939

Richard Polenberg

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Reorganizing Roosevelt’s Government

The Controversy over Executive Reorganization, 1936–1939

Richard Polenberg

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 1966

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Polenberg Richard :

Richard Polenberg is Goldwin Smith Professor of American History at Cornell University.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
PART ONE. The Background
CHAPTER I. The Origins of Executive Reorganization 1933–1936 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
CHAPTER II. The Progress of Reorganization during 1937 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	28
PART TWO. The Sources of Opposition
CHAPTER III. The National Committee to Uphold Constitutional Government Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	55
CHAPTER IV. Bureaucracy and the Special Interest Groups Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	79
CHAPTER V. The Forest Service Lobby Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	100
PART THREE. The Conflict
CHAPTER VI. The Senate Approves Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	125
CHAPTER VII. Roosevelt, Reorganization, and the Public Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	146
CHAPTER VIII. Defeat in the House Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	162
CHAPTER IX. The Reorganization Act of 1939 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	181
PART FOUR. Conclusion
CHAPTER X. Executive Reorganization and the New Deal Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	191
Bibliography Notes Index
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	199
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	215
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	265

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October 1, 2013

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9780674436114

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February 5, 1966

Hardcover ISBN:

9780674436107

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8

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275

https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674436114

eBook ISBN: 9780674436114

Hardcover ISBN: 9780674436107

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Executive departments -- United States.; United States -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945.; United States -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945 -- Bibliography.

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