Tomorrow a New World: The New Deal Community Program

Introduction THE depression that began in 1929 was a powerful catalyst in the modern American reaction against the idea of individualism and against the well-established institutions which gave that idea reality. This reaction was well under way by the end of the nineteenth century, but did not attain the proportions that it reached during the period of the New Deal. Never before had it so permeated the federal government or led to so many attempts at institutional reforms. The reaction was rooted in the vastly altered physical environment, which is generally attributed to a technological, a scientific, or an industrial revolution, and in a greatly altered intellectual environment, which was closely related to scientific advances and which quite completely destroyed the intellectual foundations of nineteenth-century rationalism, liberalism, and individualism, even as it gave a philosophic basis for the modern social sciences. This reaction against individualism, or this movement toward a new collectivism, is not at all synonymous with the New Deal, which reflected other, more traditional currents of thought; it was, however, a major element in the New Deal, shaping a large part of its program.(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text. Read books online for free at www.forgottenbooks.org