Ronald Edsforth
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Ronald Edsforth is a visiting professor of
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, and chair of globalization studies in the
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Department at
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. Edsforth has published several books, including ''The New Deal: America's Response to the Great Depression''. He has also acted a consultant for the
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documentary, ''America on Wheels'

Edsforth has taught courses in globalization studies and in war and peace studies in recent years. He is currently writing a history of the world peace movement. He has been a vocal opponent of the
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Bibliography

*''The New Deal: America's Response to the Great Depression'' () *''Class Conflict and Cultural Consensus: The Making of a Mass Consumer Society in Flint, Michigan'' () *''Popular Culture and Political Change in Modern America'' () *''Autowork'' (). Dartmouth College faculty Living people Year of birth missing (living people) {{US-historian-stub