The Making and Unmaking of the New Deal

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There is much talk today about the fact that we live in a post-New Deal order. This begs the question(s). What was the New Deal? Where did it come from? How long did it last? This course will study the origins, establishment and decline of the New Deal order in US politics, culture and the industrial order. We will explore what the New Deal meant to workers, management, business and an array of interest groups. Special emphasis will be placed on the roles of working-class people in the making of public policies and industrial relations and how these roles change over time.