Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
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
This is Who We Were This is Who We Were Scott Derks A companion resource to the 1940 Census just released by the US National Archives, This is Who We Were, provides the reader with a deeper understanding of what life was like in America in 1940 and ho… OL17075469W
This is Who We Were This is Who We Were Scott Derks This Is Who We Were: In The 1920s is an offspring of our 13-volume Working Americans series. This new title is devoted to one decade -- the 1920s. It represents all classes, dozens of occupations, an… OL17075491W
This Is Who We Were in the 1940s - 1940-1949 This Is Who We Were in the 1940s - 1940-1949 Mars, Laura This is Who We Were: In the 1940s provides the reader with a deeper understanding of what life was like in America in 1940-1949 and how it compares statistically to life today. Using original materia… OL17213816W
The Rise and Fall of American Growth The Rise and Fall of American Growth Gordon, Robert J. The trajectory and impetus of American growth from the end of the Civil War until now. OL17343962W
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
The New Deal The New Deal Richard Stewart Kirkendall How did the New Deal change American life? This book of readings examines different historians' interpretations of and insights into the answer and the question. This historical debate offers differe… OL3930922W
Brother, can you spare a dime? Brother, can you spare a dime? Milton Meltzer American's years of hardship from the stock market crash to the new deal OL78969W