Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Great Depression,
and the Coming of World War II

August 1-6, 2004

For August 2: Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., The Coming of the New Deal, 1-180; Alan

                        Brinkley, Liberalism and Its Discontents, 1-37; Raymond Wolters, "The

                        New Deal and the Negro"; and Wolters, Du Bois and His Rivals, 1-4 and

                        192-239.

For August 3:  Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., The Coming of the New Deal, 423-511;

                        Schlesinger, The Politics of Upheaval, 1-400; and Otis L. Graham,

                        "Historians and the Two New Deals."

For August 4:  Alan Brinkley, Liberalism and Its Discontents, 37-93; and William

                        Leuchtenburg, The Supreme Court Reborn.

For August 5:  Doris Kearns Goodwin, No Ordinary Time; and Paul Schroeder, "The

                        Axis Alliance and Japanese-American Relations."

For August 6:  Alan Brinkley, Liberalism and Its Discontents, 94-110; Carl Degler,

                        "The Third American Revolution"; and Barton Bernstein, "The New

                        Deal: The Conservative Achievements of Liberal Reform."