Robert Chiles C-Span Book Talk, Re-Airs February 2 At 10:30 A.M.

Governor Al Smith, Progressivism, and the New Deal

Governor Al Smith, Progressivism, and the New Deal

Historian Robert Chiles talked about his book, The Revolution of '28: Al Smith, American Progressivism, and the Coming of the New Deal. Professor Chiles argued that although 1928 Democratic presidential nominee Smith lost to Republican Herbert Hoover, his progressive coalition helped shape a new liberal agenda for the Democratic Party, paving the way for the New Deal policies of the Franklin Roosevelt administration. Goucher College in Towson, Maryland, hosted this event.

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