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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815603003321

Autore

Rauchway Eric

Titolo

The Great Depression & the New Deal : a very short introduction / / Eric Rauchway

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2008

ISBN

1-4356-3888-3

0-19-971691-9

9786611165475

1-281-16547-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (147 pages) : illustrations, portraits

Collana

Very short introductions ; ; 166

Disciplina

973.91

Soggetti

Depressions - 1929 - United States

New Deal, 1933-1939

Depressions - 1929 - Europe

United States History 1919-1933

United States History 1933-1945

United States Economic conditions 1918-1945

United States Social conditions 1933-1945

Europe Economic conditions 1918-1945

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 134-136) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction -- 1 The World in Debt -- 2 The Hoover Years -- 3 Americans in the Depression -- 4 Reflation and Relief -- 5 Managing Farm and Factory -- 6 Countervailing Power -- 7 The End of the Beginning -- Conclusion -- Further Reading -- Table 1. Major federal acts of the Great Depression and New Deal -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

The Great Depression forced the United States to adopt policies at odds with its political traditions. This title looks at the background to the Depression, its social impact, and at the various governmental attempts to deal with the crisis.