The Great Depression and the New Deal: America's Economic Collapse and Recovery (Twentieth Century American History Series)

Schraff, Anne E.

ISBN 10: 053110964X ISBN 13: 9780531109649

Publisher: Franklin Watts, 1990

Synopsis

Discusses the devastating effect of the 1929 stock market crash on American economy

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From School Library Journal:

Grade 7 Up-- Synthesizing information culled from a variety of sources, Schraff offers a readable and objective look at the decade in which "America would be changed forever." She summarizes the gathering "storm clouds" of disaster in the late 1920s and quickly segues into an account of the stock market crash of 1929. (It is in this chapter that Schraff misidentifies Oklahoman Will Rogers as a Hoosier.) The immediate aftermath of the crash, the deepening depression, the Bonus Army debacle, and Franklin Roosevelt's election to the presidency--covered concisely but with sufficient detail--lead into a discussion of the New Deal and its heritage. Especially interesting and informative is the chapter concerned with minorities during the Depression. The book complements the older, lengthier The Great Depression (Fawcett, 1971; o.p.) by Goldston and Meltzer's Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (NAL, 1977). --David A. Lindsey, Lakewood Junior/Senior High School, WA
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About this edition

• Publisher: Franklin Watts
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 053110964X
• ISBN 13: 9780531109649
• Binding: Library Binding
• Number of pages: 111