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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, [229] though Hoover is widely credited with popularizing the term, [229] [230] informally referring to the downturn as a depression, with such uses as "Economic ...
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)
Other countries, including Denmark, Norway, Sweden (September 1931), Finland (October), and Japan (December), also abandoned the gold standard. [ 4 ] But the gold bloc countries recommitted themselves to maintain a stable rate of exchange of their currencies at the 1933 international economic conference in London , by which time 35 countries ...
This is a list of sovereign states in the 1930s, giving an overview of states around the world during the period between 1 January 1930 and 31 December 1939. It contains entries, arranged alphabetically, with information on the status and recognition of their sovereignty .
The lessons of the generation that weathered the Great Depression include self-sufficiency, frugality, and improvisation. ... a surprising number of lessons from the hardships of the 1930s endure ...
Potts, David. "Unemployed workers in Adelaide: Assessing the impact of the 1930s depression." Australian Historical Studies 19#74 (1980): 125–131. Smith, Llewellyn. The new survey of London life and labour (London, 1930–1935). Data available; Van Der Wusten, Herman. "Dictators and their capital cities: Moscow and Berlin in the 1930s."
Dancing in the Dark: A Cultural History of the Great Depression (2009) excerpt and text search; Field, Alexander J. A Great Leap Forward: 1930s Depression and U.S. Economic Growth (Yale University Press; 2011) 387 pages; argues that technological innovations in the 1930s laid the foundation for economic success in World War II and postwar
The Great Depression in Latin America heavily affected the region in the 1930s after the Great Depression had spread globally since the stock market crash of 1929 on Wall Street. [1] The Great Depression saw change in Latin America's governments, their economic policies and the nations' economic performance. It is initiated by the economic ...