Unprecedented power : Jesse Jones, Capitalism, and the common good / Steven Fenberg.

By:

Fenberg, Steven [Author]

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781461952619
9781299054042

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Genre/Form:

Electronic Books.

LOC classification:

E748 .U577 2011

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Contents:

Houston: 1850-1898 : we had a good table ; 1898-1914 : the town pump -- The national stage: 1914-1918 : give until it hurts ; 1919-1924 : the family won't discuss it ; 1924-1928 : draped and drowned in decorations -- The Great Depression -- 1928-1932 : Never rope a steer going downhill ; 1933 : at the end of our string ; 1934 : go directly to the RFC ; 1935 : friendly, industrious, intelligent dollars ; 1936 : no actual ultimate cost ; 1937 : we are not going haywire ; 1938 : spenders and lenders -- World War II: 1939 : an avalanche of orders ; 1940 : just another loan ; 1941 : you'd better see Jesse ; 1942 : a material more precious than gold ; 1943 : ask God to stop him from lying ; 1944 : jump when the gong sounds ; 1945 : a very difficult letter to write -- Home: 1946-1956 : it has grown out of bounds.

Subject: As President Obama began to unveil sweeping government programs to restore the crippled economy, the public and media drew numerous comparisons with the actions of Franklin Roosevelt, who faced the grim prospects of the Great Depression almost eighty years earlier. Steven Fenberg tells the story of Jesse Holman Jones, the Houston businessman who went to Washington as an appointed official and provided the pragmatic leadership that salvaged capitalism during the Great Depression and militarized industry in time to fight and win World War II. Jones-an entrepreneur with an eigh.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	URL	Status	Date due	Barcode
Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD)	G. Allen Fleece Library ONLINE	Non-fiction	E748.764 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Link to resource	Available		ocn747411369

Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction : the most powerful person in the nation -- Houston: 1850-1898 : we had a good table ; 1898-1914 : the town pump -- The national stage: 1914-1918 : give until it hurts ; 1919-1924 : the family won't discuss it ; 1924-1928 : draped and drowned in decorations -- The Great Depression -- 1928-1932 : Never rope a steer going downhill ; 1933 : at the end of our string ; 1934 : go directly to the RFC ; 1935 : friendly, industrious, intelligent dollars ; 1936 : no actual ultimate cost ; 1937 : we are not going haywire ; 1938 : spenders and lenders -- World War II: 1939 : an avalanche of orders ; 1940 : just another loan ; 1941 : you'd better see Jesse ; 1942 : a material more precious than gold ; 1943 : ask God to stop him from lying ; 1944 : jump when the gong sounds ; 1945 : a very difficult letter to write -- Home: 1946-1956 : it has grown out of bounds.

As President Obama began to unveil sweeping government programs to restore the crippled economy, the public and media drew numerous comparisons with the actions of Franklin Roosevelt, who faced the grim prospects of the Great Depression almost eighty years earlier. Steven Fenberg tells the story of Jesse Holman Jones, the Houston businessman who went to Washington as an appointed official and provided the pragmatic leadership that salvaged capitalism during the Great Depression and militarized industry in time to fight and win World War II. Jones-an entrepreneur with an eigh.

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