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Perspectives on modern world history, the Great Depression, David Haugen, Susan Musser, and Vickey Kalambakal, editors

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Perspectives on modern world history, the Great Depression, David Haugen, Susan Musser, and Vickey Kalambakal, editors
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Illustrations
illustrationsmaps
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Perspectives on modern world history
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
441154017
Responsibility statement
David Haugen, Susan Musser, and Vickey Kalambakal, editors
Series statement
Perspectives on modern world history
Sub title
the Great Depression
Table Of Contents
The Great Depression : an overview / Kelly King Howes -- The New Deal : an overview / Dana Magill -- Industrial growth fosters American propserity / Julius H. Barnes -- Black Tuesday : the stock market crash of 1929 / The New York times -- The hardship of farmers during the Depression / Donald R. Murphy -- The Dust Bowl shows promise for regeneration / Ben Hibbs -- World War II leads to an American economic boom / The Economist -- President Hoover's interventionist and protectionist policies caused the Depression / Amity Shlaes -- President Hoover's lack of policy intervention worsened the Depression / William E. Leuchtenburg -- Government involvement is essential to reviving the struggling economy / Franklin D. Roosevelt -- New Deal policies have stifled the economy / Robert A. Taft -- Public ownership of utilities can exist in harmony with private ownership / Arthur E. Morgan -- Public ownership of utilities will destroy jobs / John Fort -- Lessons from the Depression era should be applied to the current economic crisis / Christina D. Romer -- International depression conditions today are similar to those in the 1930s / Bruce Campbell -- Ingenuity and faith help a family through hard times / Mrs. Duncan Pearmain -- The Civilian Conservation Corps changes a young man's life / Robert L. Miller -- An African American looks for work and finds discrimination / Clarence Lee -- The deportation of Mexican immigrants : Mexican folk song / translated by Paul S. Taylor
Target audience
juvenile
resource.variantTitle
Great Depression
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