Herbert Hoover As Secretary of Commerce: Studies in New Era Thought and Practice (Herbert Hoover Centennial Seminars ; 2)

In this second volume in the Hoover Centennial Seminars series, seven scholars reexamine a major segment of Herbert Hoover's public career and in doing so offer fresh perspectives on the political, administrative, and diplomatic history of the 1920s. Drawing upon new materials and new insights, they reconstruct Hoover's transformation of the Commerce secretariat, explore his thinking and action in a variety of policy areas, and explode conventional depictions of Hoover's political conservatism. These essays show a resourceful and creative mind wrestling with the central problems of twentieth-century America and projecting solutions remarkably similar to current proposals for public use of the private sector. Papers Presented At The Herbert Hoover Centennial Seminars, Herbert Hoover Presidential Library Association, West Branch, Iowa, April 1974. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Edited With Introd. By Ellis W. Hawley. Papers Presented At The Herbert Hoover Centennial Seminars, Herbert Hoover Presidential Library Association, West Branch, Iowa, April 1974. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Book by Hawley, Ellis W. - Editor, with an Introduction