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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