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The Global Impact of the Great Depression 1929-1939 The Global Impact of the Great Depression 1929-1939 Dietmar Rothermund Dietmar Rothermund broadens the conventional focus of the great depression to include its impact on the countries of Africa, Asia and Latin America. The book: * gives the economic background to the d… OL1075322W
Kitchen Privileges Kitchen Privileges Mary Higgins Clark Lively memior of mystery author Mary Higgins Clark. She had been a secretary, stewardess, copywriter, radio writer, and bestselling author. The book has a humorous touch even when discussing tragi… OL13048W
Lords of finance Lords of finance Liaquat Ahamed With penetrating insights for today, this vital history of the world economic collapse of the late 1920s offers unforgettable portraits of the four men whose personal and professional actions as head… OL13650534W
The New Deal The New Deal Michael A. Hiltzik Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal began as a program of short-term emergency relief measures and evolved into a truly transformative concept of the federal government's role in Americans' lives. More tha… OL16183809W
The return of depression economics and the crisis of 2008 The return of depression economics and the crisis of 2008 Paul R. Krugman Our newest Nobel Prize-winning economist shows how today's crisis parallels the events that caused the Great Depression and explains what it will take to avoid catastrophe. OL1648191W
The Return of Depression Economics The Return of Depression Economics Paul R. Krugman Our newest Nobel Prize-winning economist shows how today's crisis parallels the events that caused the Great Depression and explains what it will take to avoid catastrophe. In his 1999 book, Nobel… OL1648192W
Little heathens Little heathens Mildred Armstrong Kalish A memoir from a schoolteacher of growing up in the heart of the Midwest during the Great Depression describes her close family life on an Iowa farm during a time of endless work and resourcefulness, … OL17736349W
Greenbelt, Maryland Greenbelt, Maryland Cathy D. Knepper "Built in the 1930s on worn-out tobacco land between Baltimore and Washington, D.C., the planned community of Greenbelt, Maryland, was designed to provide homes for low-income families as well as job… OL18012148W
Land! Land! John Crowe Ransom The accomplished poet and scholar John Crowe Ransom made profound contributions to twentieth-century American literature. As a teacher at Vanderbilt University he was also a leading member of the Sou… OL18147612W
Breadlines knee-deep in wheat Breadlines knee-deep in wheat Janet Poppendieck Library Journal: This book provides historical perspective on two of today's important public issues: farm income and hunger. It analyzes the origins of a national food assistance policy during the T… OL1876546W
Children of the Great Depression Children of the Great Depression Glen H. Elder "In this work first published in 1974, Glen H. Elder, Jr. presents the first longitudinal study of a Depression cohort. He follows 167 individuals born in 1920-1921 from their elementary school days … OL1916554W
A square meal A square meal Jane Ziegelman "From the author of the acclaimed 97 Orchard and her husband, a culinary historian, an in-depth exploration of the greatest food crisis the nation has ever faced--the Great Depression--and how it tra… OL19663864W
Crash Crash Marc Favreau The incredible true story of how Americans from all walks of life weathered one of the most turbulent periods in our nation's history-- the Great Depression --and emerged triumphant. OL19737740W
The return of depression economics and the crisis of 2008 The return of depression economics and the crisis of 2008 Paul R. Krugman Our newest Nobel Prize-winning economist shows how today's crisis parallels the events that caused the Great Depression and explains what it will take to avoid catastrophe. In his 1999 book, Nobel P… OL19899833W
Freedom from fear Freedom from fear David M. Kennedy Between 1929 and 1945, two great travails were visited upon the American people: the Great Depression and World War II. Freedom from Fear tells the story of how Americans endured, and eventually prev… OL1997094W
The forgotten man The forgotten man Amity Shlaes This imaginative illustrated edition brings to life one of the most devastating periods in our nation's history--the Great Depression--through the lives of American people, from politicians and worke… OL19982184W
Lords of finance Lords of finance Liaquat Ahamed With penetrating insights for today, this vital history of the world economic collapse of the late 1920s offers portraits of four men--Montagu Norman, Amile Hilaire Emile Moreau, Hjalmar Horace Greel… OL20546656W
Home in the Woods Home in the Woods Eliza Wheeler Eliza Wheeler’s book tells the story of what happens when six-year-old Marvel, her seven siblings, and their mom must start all over again after their father has died. Deep in the woods of Wisconsin … OL21207597W
Pie Town woman Pie Town woman Joan Myers "Pie Town, New Mexico, was immortalized in 1940 in the photographs of Russell Lee, who documented life in the high, dry, farming community as part of the Farm Security Administration's New Deal surve… OL4616645W
Dust Bowl, USA Dust Bowl, USA Brad D. Lookingbill "Dust Bowl, USA is a critical examination of the myths and memories that grew out of the hard times in the Great Plains. Across the nation, newspapers, magazines, books, films, and songs produced ima… OL5850457W
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