The Great Depression : America, 1929-1941 /

McElvaine, Robert S., 1947-

The Great Depression : America, 1929-1941 / with a new introduction by the author, Robert S. McElvaine. - New York : Times Books, c1993. - xxx, 402 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 350-385) and index.

Historical currents and the Great Depression
Who was roaring in the Twenties? : origin of the Great Depression
In the right place at the wrong time? : Herbert Hoover
Nature takes its course: the first years of the depression
The lord of the manor: FDR
"And what was dead was hope" : 1932 and the interregnum
"Action and action now" : the hundred days and beyond
"Fear itself" : depression life
Moral economics : American values and culture in the Great Depression
Thunder on the Left : rising unrest, 1934-35
"I'm that kind of Liberal because I'm that kind of Conservative" : the second New Deal
New hickory : the WPA, the Election of 1936, and the court fight
The CIO and the later New Deal
"Dr. New Deal" runs out of medicine : the last years of the depression, 1939-41
Perspective : The Great Depression and Modern America

Depicts a period when widespread poverty, hunger, and misery were assuaged by innovative public programs and the arts

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Depressions--United States.--1929
Crisis económica--Estados Unidos--1929-
New Deal, 1933-1939.


United States--History--1933-1945.
Estados Unidos--Historia--1933-1945
United States--History--1919-1933.
Estados Unidos--Historia--1919-1933
United States--Social conditions--1933-1945.
Estados Unidos--Condiciones sociales--1933-1945
United States--Economic conditions--1918-1945.
Estados Unidos--Condiciones económicas--1918-1945

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