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Presented in a chronological format and including primary sources and archival images, this book tells what caused the Great Depression and how everyday people dealt with it.
Features approximately 18 annotated excerpts from speeches, newspaper and magazine articles, literature, and other documents from the period.
The economic crisis that began with the American stock market crash of 1929 had dire effects all over the world, particularly in Europe. The "Great Depression and New Deal: Almanac" covers the era in 15 subject chapters.
A unique insight into the life of John Steinbeck that details his incredible hunger for telling stories, his experience with the Great Depression, and the works that shaped him.
Describes daily life for Americans during the Great Depression, as well as some of the lasting changes that occurred such as the increased power of the federal government and technological and cultural innovations.
An exploration of the causes and effects of the stock market crash of 1929.
Chronicles the political and social history of the United States in the aftermath of one world war through its engagement in another.
Examines the economic causes and effects of the Great Depression, as well as the federal and global responses to the crisis, and gives an in-depth look at how literature, theater, film, and more began to reflect the new social realities of the time.
"The Great Depression was a severe, world-wide economic disintegration symbolized in the United States by the stock market crash on Black Thursday, October 24, 1929. The causes of the Great Depression were many and varied, but the impact was visible across the country. By the time that FDR was inaugurated president on March 4, 1933, the banking system had collapsed, nearly 25% of the labor force was unemployed, and prices and productivity had fallen to 1/3 of their 1929 levels. Reduced prices and reduced output resulted in lower incomes in wages, rents, dividends, and profits throughout the economy. Factories were shut down, farms and homes were lost to foreclosure, mills and mines were abandoned, and people went hungry. The resulting lower incomes meant the further inability of the people to spend or to save their way out of the crisis, thus perpetuating the economic slowdown in a seemingly never-ending cycle" (Great Depression Facts, FDR Library).
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