Title:
The Great Depression : America in the 1930s / T.H. Watkins.
Author:
Watkins, T. H. (Tom H.), 1936-
Publication Information:
New York : Back Bay Books/Little, Brown, 2009.
Call Number:
E806 .W340 2009
Abstract:
Photographs and text tell the story of a decade of challenge and change, discussing the economic crash of 1929 and the resulting social and political reforms, from federal programs such as Social Security to local grass-roots movements.
Edition:
2nd Back Bay pbk. ed.
ISBN:
9780316080439
Physical Description:
viii, 375 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
General Note:
Originally published in hardcover by Little, Brown and Company, October 1993.
Contents:
The prologue years -- The shadow of the hawk -- Shades of revolution -- Redeeming the hour -- The new utopians -- Ending the long darkness -- Dust, drought, and displacement -- The politics of discontent -- The second New Deal -- Barricades and bargains -- The ramparts of uncertainity -- Waiting for the fire.
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