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Great Depression: People and Perspectives

Great Depression: People and Perspectives

Cravens, Hamilton
Mancall, Peter C.

Hardcover

Series: Perspectives in American Social History

20th Century United States HistoryGeneral World History

ISBN10: 1598840932
ISBN13: 9781598840933
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
Published: Jul 1 2009
Pages: 312
Weight: 1.75
Height: 0.90 Width: 7.00 Depth: 10.00
Language: English

An insightful collection of essays focused on American men, women, and children from a range of economic classes and ethnic backgrounds during the Great Depression.

Who were the people waiting in the bread lines and living in Hoovervilles? Who were the migrants heading North and West? Did anyone survive the Depression relatively unscathed? Giving a voice to stories often untold, Great Depression: People and Perspectives covers the full spectrum of American life, portraying the experiences of ordinary citizens during the worst economic crisis in the nation's history.

Great Depression shows how specific groups coped with the traumatic upheaval of the times, including rural Americans, women, children, African Americans, and immigrants. In addition, it offers revealing chapters on the conflict between social scientists and policymakers responding to the crisis, the impact of the Depression on the health of U.S. citizens, and the roles that American technology and Hollywood movies played in helping the nation survive.

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