The Great Depression
Book |
First edition |
Britannica Educational Pub.,
New York :
2013.
- 1 of 1 Copy Available at Libraries in Niagara Cooperative
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About
Details
- ISBN: 9781615308903 (lib. bdg.) :
- Physical Description: xvii, 117 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.print
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: New York : Britannica Educational Pub., 2013.
- General Note: "Published in association with Rosen Educational Services."
- Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Formatted Contents Note: 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.