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1 online resource |
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text file rda |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Economic history of the Great Depression -- Recessions, depressions, and the business cycle -- Timing and severity of the Great Depression -- Dates of the Great Depression in various countries -- Peak-to-trough decline in industrial production in various countries -- Causes of the decline -- Stock market crash -- Banking panics and monetary contraction -- The gold standard -- International lending and trade -- Sources of recovery -- Economic impact -- Society and politics in the Great Depression -- Global concerns -- Political movements and social change -- Artistic and cultural expressions of the Great Depression -- The documentary impulse -- Federal arts programs -- Theatre -- Fiction -- Popular culture -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Herbert Hoover : against the proposed new deal -- Franklin D. Roosevelt : first inaugural address -- Henry Ford : advice to the unemployed -- Songs of the hungry -- Franklin D. Roosevelt : relief, recovery, and reform -- Herbert Hoover : the new deal and European collectivism -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Summary |
This text examines the economic causes and effects of the Great Depression, as well as the federal and global responses to the crisis, and gives an in-depth look at how literature, theater, film, and more began to reflect the new social realities of the time. |
| System Details |
Requires Boundless App. |
| Chronological Term |
1929-1945 |
| Subject |
Depressions -- 1929 -- History.
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Business cycles.
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Social history.
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Depressions -- 1929 -- United States.
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Business cycles. |
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Depressions. |
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Social history. |
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United States -- History -- 1933-1945.
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United States. |
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Electronic books. |
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History.
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| Added Author |
Boundless (Digital media service)
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| ISBN |
9781615308972 : $32.95 |
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1615308970 : $32.95 |
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