The Great Depression
Robert S McElvaine
The Great Depression : America, 1929-1941 /Robert S McElvaine - New York : Times Books , ©1993. - xxx, 402 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Foreword to the First Edition --
Introduction to the Twenty-fifth Anniversary Edition --
Chapter 1: Historical Currents and the Great Depression --
Chapter 2: Who Was Roaring in the Twenties?-Origins of the Great Depression --
Chapter 3: In the Right Place at the Wrong Time?-Herbert Hoover --
Chapter 4: Nature Takes Its Course: the First Years of the Depression --
Chapter 5: The Lord of the Manor: FDR --
Chapter 6: "And What Was Dead Was Hope": 1932 and the Interregnum --
Chapter 7-"Action and Action Now": The Hundred Days and Beyond --
Chapter 8: "Fear Itself": Depression Life --
Chapter 9: Moral Economics: American Values and Culture in the Great Depression --
Chapter 10: Thunder on the Left: Rising Unrest, 1934-35 --
Chapter 11: "I'm That Kind of Liberal Because I'm That Kind of Conservative" " The Second New Deal --
Chapter 12: New Hickory: The WPA, the Election of 1936, and the Court Fight --
Chapter 13: The CIO and the Later New Deal --
Chapter 14: "Dr. New Deal" Runs Out of Medicine: The Last Years of the Depression, 1939-41 --
Chapter 15: Perspective: The Great Depression and Modern America --
Notes --
Index.
Depicts a period when widespread poverty, hunger, and misery were assuaged by innovative public programs and the arts.
9780812923278
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History
Economic history--Social conditions
973.916 MCE
The Great Depression : America, 1929-1941 /Robert S McElvaine - New York : Times Books , ©1993. - xxx, 402 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Foreword to the First Edition --
Introduction to the Twenty-fifth Anniversary Edition --
Chapter 1: Historical Currents and the Great Depression --
Chapter 2: Who Was Roaring in the Twenties?-Origins of the Great Depression --
Chapter 3: In the Right Place at the Wrong Time?-Herbert Hoover --
Chapter 4: Nature Takes Its Course: the First Years of the Depression --
Chapter 5: The Lord of the Manor: FDR --
Chapter 6: "And What Was Dead Was Hope": 1932 and the Interregnum --
Chapter 7-"Action and Action Now": The Hundred Days and Beyond --
Chapter 8: "Fear Itself": Depression Life --
Chapter 9: Moral Economics: American Values and Culture in the Great Depression --
Chapter 10: Thunder on the Left: Rising Unrest, 1934-35 --
Chapter 11: "I'm That Kind of Liberal Because I'm That Kind of Conservative" " The Second New Deal --
Chapter 12: New Hickory: The WPA, the Election of 1936, and the Court Fight --
Chapter 13: The CIO and the Later New Deal --
Chapter 14: "Dr. New Deal" Runs Out of Medicine: The Last Years of the Depression, 1939-41 --
Chapter 15: Perspective: The Great Depression and Modern America --
Notes --
Index.
Depicts a period when widespread poverty, hunger, and misery were assuaged by innovative public programs and the arts.
9780812923278
Brijwasi Book Distributors ;H-87,Lalita Park,Laxmi Nagar,Delhi-110092
History
Economic history--Social conditions
973.916 MCE
