{"product_id":"fdr-in-american-memory-9781421442839","title":"FDR in American Memory","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHow was FDR's image constructedby himself and othersas such a powerful icon in American memory?In polls of historians and political scientists, Franklin Delano Roosevelt consistently ranks among the top three American presidents. Roosevelt enjoyed an enormous political and cultural reach, one that stretched past his presidency and across the world. A grand narrative of Roosevelt's crucial role in the twentieth century persists: the notion that American ideology, embodied by FDR, overcame the Depression and won World War II, while fascism, communism, and imperialismand their ignoble figureheadsfought one another to death in Europe. This grand narrative is flawed and problematic, legitimizing the United States's cultural, diplomatic, and military role in the world order, but it has meant that FDR continues to loom large in American culture.   In FDR in American Memory, Sara Polak analyzes Roosevelt's construction as a cultural icon in American memory from two perspectives. First, she exa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction. Roosevelt and the Making of an Icon\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1. \"I am a juggler\": FDR's Public Image–Making 00\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2. The Collective Rhetorical Production of FDR, 1932–1945\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3. Negotiating FDR Remembrance\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4. The New Deal Depoliticized in Cultural Memory\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5. FDR's Disability in Cultural Memory\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6. Understanding FDR as a Cultural Icon\u003cbr\u003eConclusion. A Rooseveltian Century?\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408144507223,"sku":"9781421442839","price":42.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781421442839.jpg?v=1730501748","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/fdr-in-american-memory-9781421442839","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}