New Deal Fat Cats: Business, Labor, and Campaign Finance in the 1936 Presidential Election. By Michael J. Webber. New York: Fordham University Press, 2000. Pp. xvi, 180. $19.95, paper
本书研究1936年总统选举中的竞选资金,分析商业和劳工对候选人的财务支持,揭示新政联盟的性质及其带来的重大政策变化。
In this well-written book, Michael J. Webber makes a substantial contribution to the literature on the political economy of the New Deal. The book's topic, campaign finance in the 1936 presidential election, should generate broad interest among social scientists who seek to understand the New Deal. Because the 1936 election demonstrated such remarkable support for the New Dealers, a careful study of who gave financial support to whom in that election can provide insight into the nature of the New Deal coalition and the major policy changes that it brought.