The Great Depression: America 1929-1941
by Robert S. McElvaine
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Provides cultural and social perspectives while examining the political and economic history of the U.S. from 1929-1941.Tags
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I really, really liked this book. It took me quite awhile to make it all the way through because I kept underlining passages and making notes in the margins.
I was looking for a book that would help me tell if there were parallels between now and the 1930s. Not only did this book help me do that, but because it was written in the 1980s, and McElvaine refers to the Reagan years a lot, it helped me put that time in historical perspective, too.
Recommended!
I was looking for a book that would help me tell if there were parallels between now and the 1930s. Not only did this book help me do that, but because it was written in the 1980s, and McElvaine refers to the Reagan years a lot, it helped me put that time in historical perspective, too.
Recommended!
Enjoyed it, the letters throughout from "regular" people during the depression brought it alive. Particularly enjoyed the bits about depression era entertainment
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Robert S. McElvaine is the author of nine previous books. His writing appears frequently in such publications as the New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, and The Wall Street Journal, and he blogs for the Huffington Post.
Common Knowledge
- Original publication date
- 1984
- Important events
- Interbellum (1918 | 1939); Great Depression
- Dedication
- For Anne, Forever
- First words
- FOREWARD - More than a half century has now passed since Franklin D. Roosevelt launched his "New Deal."
INTRODUCTION - The Great Depression remains as much a subject of historical and popular fascination today as it was a decade ago when I first completed the writing of this book.
CHAPTER 1: One need not be a devotee of astrology or sunspot theories to recognize that certain rhythms seem to exist in our history. - Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)"Governments can err; Presidents do make mistakes,....but better the occasional faults of a Government that lives in a spirit of charity than the consistent omissions of a Government frozen in the ice of its own indifference." Surely we could all benefit from a greater practice of the values summarized by those words. The Great Depression has no more important message for modern America.
- Blurbers
- Schlesinger, Arthur, Jr.; Terkel, Studs; Dickstein, Morris
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- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
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