The Great Depression and the New Deal : a thematic encyclopedia
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The Great Depression and the New Deal : a thematic encyclopedia
ABC-CLIO, c2010
- : set
- v. 1
- v. 2
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes
内容説明・目次
内容説明
A comprehensive encyclopedia of the 1930s in the United States, showing how the Depression affected every aspect of American life.
In two volumes, The Great Depression and the New Deal: A Thematic Encyclopedia captures the full scope of a defining era of American history. Like no other available reference, it offers a comprehensive portrait of the nation from the Crash of 1929 to the onset of World War II, exploring the impact of the Depression and the New Deal on all aspects of American life.
The book features hundreds of alphabetically organized entries in sections focusing on economics, politics, social ramifications, the arts, and ethnic issues. With an extraordinary range of primary sources integrated throughout , The Great Depression and the New Deal is the new cornerstone resource on a historic moment that is casting a shadow on our own unsettled times.
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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