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The Great Depression and the New Deal
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Robert F. Himmelberg
Book Code: GR9907
ISBN: 0-313-29907-2
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-29907-0
224 pages, photos
Greenwood Press
Publication: 11/30/2000
List Price: $51.95 (UK Sterling Price: £29.95)
Availability: Print on demand
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Ebook
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects: Reviews:
  • ...for libraries with limited collections this work might serve as a useful one-volume resource for general readers and lower-division students.
    —Choice
  • This book is recommended for anyone interested in gaining a basic knowledge of the period and for instructors seeking a work to assign students new to the topic.
    —Gulf South Historical Review     2004
Description: This essential guide to the Great Depression and the New Deal provides a wealth of information, analysis, biographical profiles, primary documents and current resources that will help students to understand this pivotal era in American history. The author, an expert on this age of U.S. history and politics, brings to life the traumatic period that began in 1929 and ended only with America's entrance into World War II in 1941. He carefully explains the causes of the Depression, the actions taken by Franklin D. Roosevelt to lift America out of its economic morass, and the economic, political, social, and cultural aspects of the age. Following a chronology of events, a narrative overview examines the events of the Great Depression and the New Deal. Other topical essays address the causes and cure of the Depression, America's struggle against the Depression, the effect of the Depression on American politics, changes in society and culture during the Depression decade, and an evaluation of the New Deal from a contemporary perspective. Twenty-seven biographical profiles of key figures of the era, the text of ten important primary documents, a glossary of frequently cited terms, and an annotated bibliography of print and nonprint materials for student use complete the work. This work is an essential source for the most current thinking and resources on the Great Depression and the New Deal.
Table of Contents:
  • Series Foreword by Randall M. Miller
  • Preface
  • The Great Depression and the New Deal Explained
  • The Great Depression and the New Deal, 1929-1940: An Overview
  • A Decade of Depression, 1929-1941: Theories of Cause and Cure
  • America's Struggle Against the Depression, 1920-1940: From Hoover to Roosevelt and the New Deal
  • The Great Depression and American Politics
  • Society and Culture in the Depression Decade
  • The New Deal: An Evaluation
  • Biographies: The Personalities Behind the Great Depression and the New Deal
  • Primary Documents of the Great Depression and the New Deal
  • Annotated Bibliography
  • Glossary of Selected Terms
  • Index
LC Card Number: 00-042224
LCC Class: E806
Dewey Class: 973
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