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The term "The Great Depression" is most frequently attributed to British economist Lionel Robbins, whose 1934 book The Great Depression is credited with formalizing the phrase, [230] though Hoover is widely credited with popularizing the term, [230] [231] informally referring to the downturn as a depression, with such uses as "Economic ...
The Depression meant people had to get creative, making items that most of us would never think to craft ourselves. For instance, there was little money for toys, so kids played with box forts ...
America's Greatest Depression (1970). overview by economic historian. online; Cravens, Hamilton. Great Depression: People and Perspectives (2009), social history excerpt and text search; Dickstein, Morris. Dancing in the Dark: A Cultural History of the Great Depression (2009) excerpt and text search; Field, Alexander J.
The Great Depression (1929–1939) and the New Deal (1933–1936) were decisive moments in American political, economic, and social history. [185] A financial bubble was fueled by an inflated stock market, which led to the Wall Street crash on October 29, 1929. [186] This, along with other economic factors, triggered a worldwide depression.
Essays on the Great Depression (2000) Bernstein, Michael A. The Great Depression: Delayed Recovery and Economic Change in America, 1929–1939 (1989) focus on low-growth and high-growth industries; Bordo, Michael D., Claudia Goldin, and Eugene N. White, eds. The Defining Moment: The Great Depression and the American Economy in the Twentieth ...
The act and tariffs imposed by America's trading partners in retaliation were major factors of the reduction of American exports and imports by 67% during the Great Depression. [5] Economists and economic historians have agreed that the passage of the Smoot–Hawley Tariff worsened the effects of the Great Depression. [6]
Workers gather in the streets of New York during the 1933 Dressmakers' Strike to urge unionization (Kheel Center, Cornell University) Strikes in the United States in the 1930s played a major role in reshaping the economy as it recovered from the Great Depression.
Golden Fetters: The gold standard and the Great Depression, 1919–1939. 1992. Feinstein. Charles H. The European Economy between the Wars (1997) Garraty, John A. The Great Depression: An Inquiry into the causes, course, and Consequences of the Worldwide Depression of the Nineteen-Thirties, as Seen by Contemporaries and in Light of History (1986)