{"product_id":"9780871407382","title":"Fear Itself : The New Deal and the Origins of Our Time","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“A powerful argument, swept along by Katznelson’s robust prose and the imposing scholarship that lies behind it.”—Kevin Boyle, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  A work that “deeply reconceptualizes the New Deal and raises countless provocative questions” (David Kennedy), \u003cem\u003eFear Itself\u003c\/em\u003e changes the ground rules for our understanding of this pivotal era in American history. Ira Katznelson examines the New Deal through the lens of a pervasive, almost existential fear that gripped a world defined by the collapse of capitalism and the rise of competing dictatorships, as well as a fear created by the ruinous racial divisions in American society. Katznelson argues that American democracy was both saved and distorted by a Faustian collaboration that guarded racial segregation as it built a new national state to manage capitalism and assert global power. Fear Itself charts the creation of the modern American state and “how a belief in the common good gave way to a central government dominated by interest-group politics and obsessed with national security” (Louis Menand, \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e).","brand":"W W Norton \u0026 Co Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47027539640560,"sku":"9780871407382","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780871407382_p0.jpg?v=1763839356","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780871407382","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}