Review Of Alan Lawson s A Commonwealth Of Hope

Review of A Commonwealth of Hope by Alan Lawson Many times, authors have a title to their work that can be intriguing and thought provoking, as if it were bait to an inevitable hook that would catch and keep you enthralled. In Alan Lawson’s circumstance, this is not the case. In Lawson’s A Commonwealth of Hope: The New Deal Response to Crisis, the title is very straight forward, as most would expect from a work mainly targeting the attentions of colleagues and other scholarly minds. The highly biographical book leads its readers on a chronological story of the Great Depression, the social and political life of Franklin Roosevelt and the progression of reformist ideas that sparked the New Deal. To say that Lawson did his homework is by far, an understatement. Like many historical pieces, the sources that he used were like his book, very scholarly and at times revolutionary in thought. At the conclusion of the book, Lawson writes an â€Å"Essay on Sources†. In this brief explanation, Lawson points out many of t he key pieces of literature that inspired and helped him tremendously along this thought process. The essay is so chock full of titles and authors, it seems an advertisement for authors that have similar ideas on the New Deal and the American Commonwealth Movement. He begins by starting with chapters dedicated to the causes of the collapse of the U.S.’s capitalistic economy. He starts his saga shortly after World War I, discussing the post war proposed reforms withShow MoreRelatedThe Human Rights Act and Anti-Terrorism in the Uk: One Great Leap Forward by Parliament, but Are the Courts Able to Slow the Steady Retreat That Has Followed?17827 Words   |  72 Pagesconduct in question (â€Å"advancing a political, religious or ideological cause†), as well as the methods involved. 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