The Great Depression
By: R.G. Grant
Series: Lives in crisis; Lives in crisis
Publisher: Hodder Wayland
Published: 2002
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 64
ISBN-13: 9780750236386
Subjects: Depressions; Juvenile literature; Economic conditions
Description: Considers the causes of the depression - Reveals the experiences both of individuals who were affected by poverty and unemployment, and of people who remained in work - Shows how the leadership of different countries found different ways of responding to the crisis - Discusses the lessons learned for the future. Calvin Coolidge - Dwight D. Eisenhower - Herbert Hoover - John Maynard Keynes - Douglas MacArthur - Franklin D. Roosevelt - New Deal.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A world gone wrong; title: Boom and bust; title: Into the abyss; title: World crisis; title: New deals; title: Living with the Depression; title: Lessons learned?