Dark realities
Subtitle: America's great depression
By: Wyn Derbyshire
Publisher: Spiramus Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 247
ISBN-13: 9781907444777; 9781907444784
Subjects: Depressions; New Deal, 1933-1939; History; Economic conditions; Economic history; New Deal (1933-1939) fast (OCoLC)fst01036721
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. The birth of the Twenties; title: From Wilson to Harding; title: Death in California; title: 2. The boom years; title: Keep cool with Coolidge; title: The resignation of a President; title: The joys of capitalism; title: The Presidential election of 1928; title: 3. The storm clouds gather; title: The Florida Land Boom; title: Post-war Europe; title: Reparations and war debts; title: 4. Meanwhile on Wall Street; title: The Great Boom; title: Enter the Federal Reserve; title: The last days; title: 5. Like a bolt out of hell; title: Black Thursday; title: Black Tuesday; title: No respite; title: 6. The onset of depression; title: "No one is his place could have done more"; title: Dark times approach; title: The trials of President Hoover; title: 7. America, October 1929-December 1932; title: Hunger, Hoovervilles and hoboes; title: The Bonus Army; title: 8. A new beginning; title: The defeat of President Hoover; title: The new President; title: Governor of New York; title: 9. One hundred days; title: The Banking Crisis of 1933; title: Three emergency measures; title: Relief for farmers; title: The Tennessee Valley Authority; title: The unemployed; title: The end of the hundred days; title: 10. Dark realities; title: Roosevelt's bombshell; title: Trouble with the NRA; title: Sea a thief to catch a thief; title: 11. Nemeses; title: The Kingfisher; title: Father Coughlin; title: The World Court; title: Legal challenges; title: Problems with poultry; title: 12. The second New Deal; title: Strike!; title: The Big Bill; title: The Social Security Act of 1935; title: The Tax Bill; title: 13. Moving forwards; title: "Reform if you would preserve ..."; title: Showdown with the Supreme Court; title: 14. The arsenal of Democracy; title: The Roosevelt recession; title: Over there.