DAVID F.BURG – THE GREAT DEPRESSION

On October 29, 1929, known as Black Tuesday, the stock market crashed, ending a decade of prosperity and catapulting the United States into the Great Depression, arguably the worst economic crisis the country has ever experienced. Unemployment was at an all-time high, hundreds of banks were foreclosed, and a sense of hopelessness was pervasive as the U.S. entered World War II. The United States finally emerged from the Great Depression after America was involved in the war. The Great Depression, updated edition provides hundreds of firsthand accounts of the period, including memoirs, letters, speeches, and newspaper accounts, that show how historical events appeared to those who lived through them. Some of the witnesses included are Franklin D. Roosevelt, Lionel Robbins, and others. Each chapter has an introductory essay and a chronology of events. There are 22 new photographs, a new appendix with 10 graphs, a revised introduction, as well as relevant documents, capsule biographies of more than 200 key figures, and much more in this updated edition.

The Great Depression, a book by David F.Burg, is available for download.