The Great Depression : a primary source history

Title
The Great Depression : a primary source history

Personal Author EPSB
Stanley. Schultz

Summary
Discusses what caused this economic collapse, how everyday people dealt with it, and why the Great Depression influenced an entire generation's outlook on life.

Year Published
2006
 
2005-2006

Series
In their own words

Physical Description
48 p. : illus. (some col.) ; 26 cm.

Note
Originally published: Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England : Ticktock Media, 2005.
 
Includes index.

Contents
Early history : from boom to bust -- Build up : a developing situation -- Crisis : action is taken -- Climax and aftermath : a wartime economy -- Popular culture : the Depression on the media -- Looking back : the Depression in context -- Major figures : men of the Depression.

Program Information
Histories & Stories of Ways of Life in Canada Gr. 5+
 
Accelerated Reader AR Middle Grades 8.4 2 quiz: 89780 disk(s): ALL62

Subject
Depressions -- 1929 -- United States.
 
Depressions -- 1929 -- United States -- Sources.
 
Social Studies - 5.3.4.

Geographic Term
United States -- History -- 1933-1945.
 
United States -- History -- 1919-1933.
 
United States -- History -- 1933-1945 -- Sources.
 
United States -- History -- 1919-1933 -- Sources.

Summary
Discusses what caused this economic collapse, how everyday people dealt with it, and why the Great Depression influenced an entire generation's outlook on life.

ISBN
9780836859782

Publisher
Milwaukee, WI : Gareth Stevens, c2006.


LibraryCall NumberTypeItem BarcodeStatus
Institutional Services Schools973.916 SCHBook30706000147914Kennedale Non-Fiction