TY - BOOK AU - Shogan, Robert. TI - Backlash: the killing of the New Deal AV - E 806 .Sh73 2006 PY - 2006/// CY - Chicago PB - Ivan R. Dee KW - Judges KW - United States KW - Labor unions KW - New Deal, 1933-1939 KW - Sit-down strikes KW - Working class N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 258-264) and index N2 - Within a year of FDR taking office, two seismic events would transform the political landscape: a nationwide outbreak of labor unrest, particularly the spread of a new and potent union weapon, the sit-down strike, and FDR's launching of a scheme to overhaul the Supreme Court would combine to generate a fierce public backlash that tarnished Roosevelt's mystique and drained the lifeblood from the New Deal. This is the engrossing story that Robert Shogan relates so compellingly in Backlash."www.shelfari.com" ER -