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World Book's documenting historyFavreau, Marc
Summary: "Marc Favreau documents the Great Depression--a time when Americans from all walks of life fell victim to poverty, insecurity, and fear--and tells the incredible story of how they survived and, ultimately, thrived. This is the story of the Great Depression in the United States, from the sweeping consequences of the market collapse to the more personal stories of individuals and communities...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.91 FAVGordon, Robert J.
Summary: Examines the economic growth of the United States since the Civil War, arguing that the rate of growth between 1870 and 1970 cannot be repeated and that a number of issues are further stagnating the already slow rate of productivity growth.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 339.3 GORGreenspan, Alan
Summary: Alan Greenspan shares the story of his life with an eye toward doing justice to the extraordinary amount of history that he has experienced and shaped. One of his goals is to draw readers along the same learning curve he followed, so that they gain a grasp of his own understanding of the underlying dynamics that drive world events. The book is a distillation of a life's worth of wisdom and...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2008
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 332.11092 GREPetroski, Henry.
Summary: "Physical infrastructure in the United States is crumbling. The American Society of Civil Engineers has, in its latest report, given American roads and bridges a grade of D and C+, respectively, and has described roughly sixty-five thousand bridges in the United States as 'structurally deficient.' This crisis--and one need look no further than the I-35W bridge collapse in Minnesota to see that...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 388.1 PETWartzman, Rick
Summary: In this richly detailed and eye-opening book, Rick Wartzman chronicles the erosion of the relationship between American companies and their workers. Through the stories of four major employers--General Motors, General Electric, Kodak, and Coca-Cola--he shows how big businesses once took responsibility for providing their workers and retirees with an array of social benefits. At the height of...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 331 WARGreenspan, Alan
Summary: The former Federal Reserve Board chairman reveals the financial close call that nearly resulted in an economic disaster after September 11, his efforts to safeguard American interests, and the personal and educational history that informed his choices.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Audio 2007
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 332.11092 GRESummary: "A history of the Great Depression, based on primary source documents and other historical artifacts. Features include period art works and photographs; excerpts from literary works, letters, speeches, broadcasts, and diaries; summary boxes; a timeline; maps; and a list of additional resources"--Provided by publisher.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: World Book, Inc. 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.916 GREEichner, Maxine
Summary: US families have been pushed to the wall. At the bottom of the economic ladder, poor and working-class adults aren't forming stable relationships and can't give their kids the start they need because of low wages and uncertain job prospects. Toward the top, professional parents' lives have become a grinding slog of long hours of paid work. Meanwhile their kids are overstressed by pressure to...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.85 EICEisler, Benita.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Franklin Watts 1986
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.92 EISGibney, Bruce
Summary: Gibney shows how America was hijacked by a generation whose reckless self-indulgence degraded the foundations of American prosperity. Acting without empathy, prudence, or respect for facts-- acting, in other words, as sociopaths-- they turned American dynamism into stagnation, inequality, and bipartisan fiasco. In the 2030s damage to Social Security, public finances, and the environment will...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306 GIBSummary: Oil rigs pumping
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1950
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Summary: Automobile transmission plant (factory work)
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1950
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Summary: Documentary on the history of the Dunlop rubber company
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1952
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Summary: Coca-Cola festival in Bombay, India--an interesting bit of corporate imperialism. Outdoor party with people drinking Coke, a mascot there, etc.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1952
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Summary: Industrial/technology/labor footage of manufacturing variable resistors on assembly lines. Mostly women doing the assembly and men supervising. (Sexism)
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1953
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Summary: Plymouth Belvedere automobile assembly line
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1954
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Rand, Ayn.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Signet 1967
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 330.122 RANSummary: Japanese whaling expedition with US Navy supervision/escort
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1947
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Summary: New Ford Tractors demonstrated for European/Marshall Plan buyers
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1949
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Summary: Tell It With TV film showcasing the commercial benefits of corporate sponsorship of TV programming
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1950
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Summary: Automobile factory assembly line
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1950
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Summary: Malaya rubber workers loading shipments of sheets of rubber for Britain
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1947
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Summary: Dodge auto show exhibit (cars, automobiles)
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1947
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Summary: Car industry wheel assembly plant (factory work)
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1950