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English
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"It's difficult today to imagine how America survived the Great Depression--only through the stories of the common people who struggled during that era can we really understand it. These people are at the heart of this reinterpretation of one of the most crucial events of the twentieth century. Author Shlaes presents the neglected and moving stories of individual Americans, and shows how through brave leadership they helped establish the steadfast...
2) The last great strike: Little Steel, the CIO, and the struggle for labor rights in New Deal America
Author
Publisher
University of California Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 online resource
Language
English
Description
"In May 1937, seventy thousand workers walked off their jobs at four large steel companies known collectively as "Little Steel." The strikers sought to make the companies retreat from decades of antiunion repression, abide by the newly enacted federal labor law, and recognize their union. For two months a grinding struggle ensued, punctuated by bloody clashes in which police, company agents, and National Guardsmen ruthlessly beat and shot unionists....
Author
Series
Publisher
Omnigraphics, Inc
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
xii, 226 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Explains the history of the Stock Market Crash of 1929 and the Great Depression, as well as President Franklin D. Roosevelt's ambitious program of New Deal reforms. Features include a narrative overview, biographical profiles, primary source documents, chronology, glossary, bibliography, and index"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Publisher
Enslow Publishers
Pub. Date
c1996
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
128 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents the personal and public life of the thirty-second president of the United States giving particular emphasis to his New Deal programs.
Publisher
A&E Television Networks
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (200 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Delves into the Stock Market Crash of 1929 and how it affected people, how the American public worked together to get through the massive hardships, and how the economy recovered with World War II. Examine the changes that swept the shaken nation during the first year - from the landslide victory of FDR in 1932 to Dust Bowl farmers. Americans sought release from the hard times wherever they could find it - from marathon dancing to going to the movies....
Author
Publisher
Threshold Editions
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st Threshold Editions hardcover ed.
Physical Desc
xvi, 318 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
A revisionist perspective on FDR's presidency and the New Deal argues that such government programs as social security, minimum wage, and farm subsidies didn't work in the 1930s and do not work now, in a critical report that traces many modern problems to the FDR administration.
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