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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
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 ...
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)
And while there are plenty of modern-day ways to prepare for any lean times that might come, a surprising number of lessons from the hardships of the 1930s endure. Here are a dozen to guide us ...
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 ...
Argersinger, JoAnn E. Toward a New Deal in Baltimore: People and Government in the Great Depression (1988) Biles, Roger. "The persistence of the past: Memphis in the Great Depression." Journal of Southern History (1986): 183–212. in JSTOR; Blackwelder, Julia Kirk. "Quiet Suffering: Atlanta Women in the 1930s." Georgia Historical Quarterly ...
The Great Depression was the worst economic crisis in US history. More than 15 million Americans were left jobless and unemployment reached 25%. 25 vintage photos show how desperate and desolate ...
Gardner was once America's most infamous prison escapee and the most celebrated outlaw and escaped convict during the Roaring '20s. [2] [9] Russell "Slim Gray" Gibson: No image available: 1903–1935 Gibson was an American bank robber and Depression-era outlaw associated with Alvin Karpis and the Barker gang during the late 1920s and '30s. [2] [9]