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New Deal New Deal, 1933-1939 Social history United States United States Economic conditions 1918-1945 United States History 1919-1933 United States History 1933-1945 United States Social conditions 1933-1945 États-Unis Conditions sociales 1933-1945 États-Unis Conditions économiques 1918-1945Kaskowitz, Sheryl
Summary: "In 1934, the Great Depression had destroyed the US economy, leaving residents poverty-stricken. First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt urged President Roosevelt to take radical action to help those hit hardest-Appalachian miners and mill workers stranded after factories closed, city dwellers with no hope of getting work, farmers whose land had failed. They set up government homesteads in rural areas...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Ken Burns documents the worst human-made ecological disaster in American history, when a frenzied wheat boom on the southern Plains, followed by a decade-long drought during the 1930s, nearly swept away the breadbasket of the nation. Vivid interviews, dramatic photographs, and seldom-seen movie footage bring to life incredible stories of human suffering and perseverance. Includes bonus features.
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Publisher / Publication Date: PBS 2012
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Place a hold to request this item.Shlaes, Amity.
Summary: 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Publishers 2007