Tewksbury Public Library

The Great Depression, America, 1929-1941, with a new introduction by the author, Robert S. McElvaine

eng

Includes bibliographical references (pages 350-385) and index

illustrations

index present

non fiction

The Great Depression

bibliography

659807101

with a new introduction by the author, Robert S. McElvaine

America, 1929-1941

Depicts a period when widespread poverty, hunger, and misery were assuaged by innovative public programs and the arts

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