The Great Depression and the New Deal: A Thematic Encyclopedia [2 volumes]
- ISBN-10
- 1598841556
- ISBN-13
- 9781598841558
- Series
- The Great Depression and the New Deal
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 792
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009-12-18
- Publisher
- ABC-CLIO
- Authors
- Steven L. Danver, Kenneth J. Bindas, Justin Corfield
Description
A comprehensive encyclopedia of the 1930s in the United States, showing how the Depression affected every aspect of American life. • Over 650 alphabetically organized entries on the impact of the Depression and the New Deal on the nation's economy, politics, society, arts, and minorities • 45 contributors at the forefront of current scholarship on 1930s America and the continuing aftershocks of that tumultuous time • Primary documents integrated throughout, including Woody Guthrie songs, writings and speeches from Huey Long and Father Coughlin, murals by Diego Rivera, excerpts from The Grapes of Wrath, and contemporary newspaper articles • Illustrations providing definitive images of the Depression/New Deal era, including federally funded work such as Dorothea Lange's photography for the Farm Security Administration • A comprehensive chronology that marks the origins, course, and consequences of the Depression and the New Deal • Bibliographic listings for each entry and a comprehensive index of people, places, events, and key terms
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