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02562aam a2200349 i 4500 001 C1BAB930F11E11E79D0FC10F97128E48 003 SILO 005 20180104010254 008 161103s2017 utua b 001 0deng c 010 $a 2016049587 020 $a 1607815559 020 $a 9781607815556 035 $a (OCoLC)962304014 040 $a CoU/DLC $b eng $e rda $c COD $d DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d BTCTA $d YDX $d BDX $d OCLCQ $d OCLCO $d YDX $d OCLCO $d YUS $d GUA $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a HC106.3 N457 2017 100 1 $a Nelson, Mark Wayne, $e author. 245 10 $a Jumping the abyss : $b Marriner S. Eccles and the New Deal, 1933-1940 / $c Mark Wayne Nelson. 246 30 $a Marriner S. Eccles and the New Deal, 1933-1940 264 1 $a Salt Lake City : $b The University of Utah Press, $c [2017] 300 $a xxvi, 424 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 27 cm 520 $a "Marriner Eccles was a key figure in the formulation and implementation of Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal. Mark Nelson calls him, "one of the most important public officials in the history of the United States." Eccles might be recognized, at least by some in Utah, as one of the state's more significant twentieth-century native sons, but neither here nor elsewhere is the degree of his historical importance widely appreciated. He exercised his influence from inside the Civil Works Administration and the Treasury Department, but especially as chairman of the Federal Reserve. While previous authorized books on Eccles have been published, this is the first to examine independently his public career; his public roles, activities, and ideas. As Nelson explains early on, it is as much as anything a study of the New Deal through the person of Eccles. It is not intended as a biography per se, so there is less on Eccles's personal life and roots, and more on the roots of his philosophy"--Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 399-408) and index. 505 0 $a Balance the budgets of the world -- To set the world aright -- The established rules of decency -- Salvaging the human element in all of us -- A man in the treasury -- A real central bank -- Our best gun -- The New Deal recession -- A drop at a time. 600 10 $a Eccles, Marriner S. $q (Marriner Stoddard), $d 1890-1977. 650 0 $a New Deal, 1933-1939. 651 0 $a United States $x Economic policy $y 1933-1945. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20180104062257.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=C1BAB930F11E11E79D0FC10F97128E48 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search