READING: Describes the uphill battle faced by the thirty-first president, who served his single term during the Great Depression, portraying the man as bright, well-meaning, and energetic but ultimately lacking in the tools of leadership. --Publisher.

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READING: De crash van 1929 is nog altijd het meest lezenswaardige boek over het grootste financiële debacle waarmee de wereld ooit is geconfronteerd: de beurskrach van 1929. De beroemde econoom John Kenneth Galbraith beschrijft, met een grote helderheid, de gekte en waanzin die kenmerkend was voor de financiële wereld in de Verenigde Staten in die tijd. Zijn boek getuigt niet alleen van een grote economische kennis, maar ook van een diep inzicht in de mens...

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READING: This first joint biography of the Hoovers will reshape Herbert Hoover's image as a man who did little more than sit in the White House while the country suffered. Both Hoovers were dynamic, uncommon Americans who made enormous contributions to mankind, before, during, and after the presidency. Walch brings together contributions from leading scholars who have conducted extensive research into the lives of this extraordinary couple, placing them in a national and international context.

READING: The United States president preserves, protects, and defends the U.S. Constitution. Each presidentÍs term influences events in America and around the world for years to come. This biography introduces young readers to the life of Herbert Hoover, beginning with his childhood in West Branch, Iowa, and Newberg, Oregon. Information about HooverÍs education at Stanford University and his early career as an engineer, including being caught in the Boxer Rebellion, is discussed. In addition, his family and personal life, as well as his retirement years, including his work on the Polish Relief Commission, the Famine Emergency Committee, and the Hoover Commissions, is highlighted. Easy-to-read text details HooverÍs relief efforts during World War I, such as the Commission for Relief in Belgium and the American Relief Administration, and his political career as U.S. food administrator under President Woodrow Wilson and as secretary of commerce under Presidents Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge. Finally, students will explore key events from Republican president HooverÍs administration, including the Great Depression and the creation of organizations such as the Federal Farm Board and the Department of Education. Beautiful graphics showcase the primary source documents and photographs. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars help put essential information at studentsÍ fingertips. In addition, a quick-reference chart provides easy access to facts about every U.S. president. Checkerboard Library is an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.

READING: An engineer, self-made millionaire, and progressive cabinet member, Hoover lost his reputation in the aftermath of the Great Depression, and Burner presents both an analysis of why Hoover failed and a sympathetic account of a president's helplessness

READING: This book examines Hoover's record as secretary of commerce (1921-9) and economic policy during his Presidency (1929-33).

READING: In dit boek maakt Barack Obama waar wat hij in ‘Dromen van mijn vader’ beloofde: te laten zien hóé je het verschil kan maken in de politiek. In ‘De herovering van de Amerikaanse droom’ legt hij de blauwdruk voor de politieke filosofie waarmee hij campagne zou voeren, en uiteindelijk president zou worden. Obama is zowel overtuigd als vervuld van zijn idealen, maar hij is ook praktisch. Amerika moet een minder verdeeld land worden, er moet verbetering komen in de levens van mensen met lage inkomens, en toenadering worden gezocht tussen de verschillende etnische groeperingen; het zijn enkele van de ambitieuze uitgangspunten waarmee Obama de verkiezingen in ging. ‘De herovering van de Amerikaanse droom’ geeft een unieke kijk in de Amerikaanse politiek en de invloed ervan op het dagelijks leven, en in het persoonlijk leven van Barack en Michelle Obama en hun weg naar de top.

READING: Dit is de langverwachte biografie van Barack Obama. Een portret van de politicus als jonge man. Barack Obama is gebaseerd op brieven, dagboeken en honderden gesprekken met vrienden, collega's, medewerkers en ettelijke interviews met Obama zelf. Het verhaal begint decennia voor de geboorte van Barack Obama in Kansas en Kenia. Het geeft een levendig beeld van de verschillende plaatsen op de wereld waar Obama opgroeide en van de mensen die hem vormden. Wat heeft Obama gemaakt tot de man die hij nu is? Het verhaal werpt een helder en nieuw licht op Obama's persoonlijke, intellectuele en politieke ontwikkeling, op zijn zoektocht naar zijn raciale identiteit. Het gaat diep in op de details van zijn persoonlijke leven en geeft zo een onthullend beeld van de geschiedenis, ambivalenties, ambities en het karakter van de eerste zwarte president van de Verenigde Staten.

READING: The Republican efficiency expert whose economic boosterism met its match in the Great Depression Catapulted into national politics by his heroic campaigns to feed Europe during and after World War I, Herbert Hoover—an engineer by training—exemplified the economic optimism of the 1920s. As president, however, Hoover was sorely tested by America's first crisis of the twentieth century: the Great Depression. Renowned New Deal historian William E. Leuchtenburg demonstrates how Hoover was blinkered by his distrust of government and his belief that volunteerism would solve all social ills. As Leuchtenburg shows, Hoover's attempts to enlist the aid of private- sector leaders did little to mitigate the Depression, and he was routed from office by Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932. From his retirement at Stanford University, Hoover remained a vocal critic of the New Deal and big government until the end of his long life. Leuchtenburg offers a frank, thoughtful portrait of this lifelong public servant, and shrewdly assesses Hoover's policies and legacy in the face of one of the darkest periods of American history.

READING: Organized around the office of the president, this study focuses on American behavior at home and abroad from the Great Depression to the onset of the end of the Cold War, two key points during which America sought a re-definition of its proper relationship to the world. Domestically, American society continued the process of industrialization and urbanization that had begun in the 19th century. Urban growth accompanied industrialism, and more and more Americans lived in cities. Because of industrial growth and the consequent interest in foreign markets, the United States became a major world power. American actions as a nation, whether as positive attempts to mold events abroad or as negative efforts to enjoy material abundance in relative political isolation, could not help but affect the course of world history. Under President Hoover, the federal government was still a comparatively small enterprise; challenges of the next six decades would transform it almost beyond belief, touching in one way or another almost every facet of American life. Before the New Deal, few Americans expected the government to do anything for them. By the end of the Second World War and in the aftermath of the Great Depression, however, Americans had turned to Washington for help. Even the popular Reagan presidency of the 1980s, the most conservative since Hoover, would fail to undo the basic New Deal commitment to assist struggling Americans. There would be no turning back the clock, at home or abroad.

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READING: Er zat iemand op de stoel. Met een kind op zijn knie. Maar wel een raar iemand, onder dat rode pak. Een knokig iemand, met holle oogkassen en een valse baard. WAT WIL JIJ VOOR JE BEREWAAKSAVOND, KLEIN MENSJE? Waar is de echte gebleven? Waarom komt de Dood door de schoorsteen gekropen? De dag voor Berewaak is dit jaar nog donkerder dan anders. Kan Suzan, de kinderjuf die nooit griezelt, ervoor zorgen dat de zon morgen weer opgaat?

READING: Bringing together core selections from and analysis of material documenting the uneasy collaboration between Herbert and Eisenhower, this collection incisively uses primary sources to illuminate the 1952 Republican nomination fight, the second Hoover Commission, and other key episodes during the Eisenhower presidency.

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READING: Herbert Hoover rose from a rudimentary background to establish himself as a self-made millionaire and leading progressive reformer. Until the disaster that hit the nation in 1929, Hoover was known globally as the “Great Humanitarian” who had saved the lives of scores of millions of Europeans and Asians during and following WWI. As Secretary of Commerce through the twenties, the “Great Engineer” constructed, tooled, and fine-tuned the most powerful economy in the world. Hoover was celebrated as a representative product of America’s rise to global domination and a formidable voice for progressivism who could finish the job in the White House. The Depression was Hoover’s undoing, but historians recognize they must take account of his considerable contributions to the creation of “twentieth-century America.” As we learn more of that America, Hoover makes “more sense.” With due consideration of Hoover’s accomplishments, one can further understand the construction of the American industrial and corporate economy, progressivism and the New Deal, and political posturing throughout the century. Equally significant, one can comprehend twentieth-century “cash-box” culture and Hoover’s formidable contributions as a public servant to the commodification of American life. He endeavored to establish that all could fulfill a secure, middle-class life—in essence, achieve the “American Dream.” This concept in part was created by Hoover, who also was considered one of the nation’s public-relations geniuses. The political establishment continues to build upon the social and cultural foundation he laid. That foundation, while under stress, remains fundamentally sound as the nation enters the twenty-first century. The criticisms rained down upon American materialism echo dangers Hoover warned against. He subscribed to the maxim that a genuinely good society is not one premised upon material values; it is established upon a widely distributed sense of well-being grounded in service and compassion. Hoover never lost sight of the imperative of selflessness for the good of others, the nation, and oneself within an individualistically driven society rich in comforts and security. He sedulously worked to create a middle-class identity which spoke to material well-being and fundamental decency. A true believer, Herbert Clark Hoover energetically embraced the “American Promise.”

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