The Great Depression: America, 1929-1941
- ISBN-10
- 0812923278
- ISBN-13
- 9780812923278
- Series
- The Great Depression
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 402
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1993
- Publisher
- Broadway Books
- Author
- Robert S. McElvaine
Description
Depicts a period when widespread poverty, hunger, and misery were assuaged by innovative public programs and the arts
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