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Gene Zubovich
Gene Zubovich will be visiting lecturer at the University of California, Berkeley, beginning in June 2015. His dissertation is titled The Global Gospel: Protestant Internationalism and American Liberalism, 1940–1960.
How FDR redefined charity in 1933
In March 1933, the United States stood on the brink of ruin. Twenty-five percent of the population was unemployed; many people had not worked for several years. The situation was even worse in cities with major industries, where unemployment surpassed the national average.
Yet the real worry of the era cannot be captured by statistics alone.
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