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The Wall Street stock market crash on October 24, l929, called Black Thursday, precipitated the Great Depression, the worst economic downturn in the history of the United States. By l932, the U.S. faced failing banks, farms, and businesses; a collapsed economy, and 25% unemployment. This book will detail the causes of the Great Depression, and the governmental programs that arose, such as the New Deal and the WPA (Works Progress Administration), and the SEC (Securities & Exchange Commission). Perhaps most importantly, the book will explore how it could easily happen again. The author will show how an entire generation of Americans was affected, illustrating the courage and indestructible spirit of the American people and how they dealt with the hardships the Depression created in everyday life.

Table of Contents:
I. SPLAT! 1. Ain't We Got Fun! How Are You Going to Keep 'Em Down on the Farm? Bull by the Tail. Good-Bye, John Barleycorn. Good-Bye Wilson, Hello Harding. Silver Linings. This Side of Paradise. Torches of Freedom. Birth of the PR Man. Buy Now, Pay Later. Out of Thin Air. Fordissmus and the Flivver. Seeds of Trouble. Reasons for the Wall Street Boom. Americans Look Back and Ahead. 2. Who Says You Can't Buy Happiness? A Great Guy to Play Poker with on Saturday Night. Quiet Man in a Roaring Country. A Walk Down "Main Street". A Couple of Visitors to Middletown. The World According to Mellon. Come on in, the Water's Fine. How to Get Rich Without Working. A Bootlegger Named Gatsby. Suddenly in Love with Lindy. Henry Does It Again. Highways to Heaven. The Air Hero as Pitch Man. The Saga of Submarine S-4. 3. Wall Street Follies. Verses at the Side of the Road. The Problem of the 1920s. Quiet Man in a Noisy Time. Ten Words from Silent Cal. Great Expectations. Singing a Song of Cheer Again. What's Really Going on Here? Oh, the Changes a Day Can Bring. Leaking Like a Sieve. Another Way to Get High. 4. Hooverville. Not Your Usual Short Slump. When in Trouble, Call a Conference. What Goes Up Must Come Down. Lies, Naked Lies, and Statistics. Laughing to Keep from Crying. How Long Can You Live on Hope? Such a Day Will Not Come. Two Ideas, Both Bad. A Shanty in Old Shantytown. Who Are These Men? An Army in Retreat. Thieves and Plug-Uglies. II. WHAT'S THE DEAL? 5. The Man with Three Names. Hoover and the Valley of Depression. An Abundance of Democrats. A Pleasant Man Without Qualifications. Who Was Franklin Delano Roosevelt? A Contest Between Two Philosophies. A Long Wait for Change. A Scary Moment in Miami. An Exchange of Notes. High Noon at the Capitol. The Gift. The West Wing. 6. Have These Guys Got Brains! A White House Visitor. A Trusty Trio. Sorry, the Bank Is Closed. Streak of Lightning. Putting Out the Fire. Handful of Marauders. Keeping the Necessary Balance. "Ladies and Gentlemen, the President of the United States". After All This, What Changed? Juggling Money. The Sound of Popping Corks. "My Gosh, It's Mrs. Roosevelt". 7. Alphabet Soup. As Good as Gold. The Second New Deal. Not All Pick and Shovel Work. Federal Arts Project (FAP). Federal Music Project (FMP). Federal Theater Project (FTP). Federal Writers' Project (FWP). It Helped You Grow Up. Can a Blue Eagle Fly? Nine Old Men. Nothing to Do with Automobiles. What the Doctor Saw. The Social Security Act. The Wealth Tax. A Nation in Shock. Heading Home from Havana. Big Show on the Beach 8. Listen to This! Friends and Fellow Americans. Gotta Have My Radio. Now a Word from Our Sponsor. A Radio Show for Everybody. Ah, There's Good News Tonight. The Radio Priest. That Old-Time Religion. The Gospel of Help Thyself. Eyes and Hearts in the Skies. America's Darling of the Skies. Fat Man at the Dinner Table. III. THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND. 9. Soup and Dust Bowls. Rendezvous with Destiny. "Hands Off the Supreme Court!" The Planned Economy. Stampeded Like Cattle. To Prime the Pump. If at First You Don't Succeed. Down on the Farm. River Keep Away from My Door. The Saddest Land I've Ever Seen. Voices from the Dust Bowl. Dust Bowl Balladeer. Not Since the Pyramids of Egypt. Does This Sound Familiar? 10. Keep It Movin', Buddy! A Journey of Husbandry. A Nation of Migrants. If This Isn't Depopulation, What Is? Highways to Heaven. California, Here I Come. Arrival of the Okies. Life in the Little Oklahomas. The Feds Step In. Big Wind Back East. A Voice for the Okies. The Belly vs. the Book. A Wealth of Writers. Extra! Extra! Read All About It! Sunday Morning Giggles. Something to Kill Time With. 11. Black, White, and Blues. Facts We Do Not Now Possess. The Other Migration. The Scottsboro Boys. Green Pastures in Heaven and on Earth. The Transformation of Elijah Poole. Two Warring Ideals in One Dark Body. The Negroes Everybody Liked. The Brown Bomber. The Emperor Robeson. Amos 'n' Andy. The Harlem Renaissance. Harlem's Poet. Big Trouble Uptown. 12. A Little Flower Blooms. Big Gorilla and Little Flower. Fiorello Gets a New Job. Forging an Alliance. Boondoggling Exhibit A. Unless You Demand It. Mr. Rockefeller's Center. The Man on the Ledge. Fashion City. The Great Garbo. IV. CRACKPOTS AND MONSTERS. 13. Every Man a King. The Unmistakable Edict. "My Enemies Believe I'm Faking". The Kingfish. Share the Wealth. All the King's Men. Heir to the Movement. The Man with the Eyebrows. Between a Rock and a Hard Place. The Manager of Discontent. The Birth of the "Sit-In". They Didn't Just Sit. The Lasting Effects. 14. Give This a Try. Methodology of the Most Probable. I Have Been to the Future and It Works. To Russia with Love. A War, a Book, and a Movie. Something's Troubling Mr. Dies. FDR Looks Overseas. Who Says When We Should Go to War? None of Our Business. 15. Brown Shirts, Black Shirts, No Shirts. Triumph of the Will. If the Shirt Fits, Wear It. The Christian Front. Meet the American Hitler. A Gullible Man with an Umbrella. FDR Declares War on Democrats. All Politics Are Local. To Preserve Our Reforms. Reshuffling the Executive Branch. Bracing for the Gales of War. Going Crazy over Royalty. Ga-Ga over George. 16. Guys with No Necks. The Law of Unintended Consequences. The Art of the Stick-Up and Fast Getaway. The Last Picture Show. Bonnie and Clyde. Crime of the Century. Tom Dewey Gets Lucky. The Little Flower and the Slots. V. BETTER TOMORROWS. 17. Dimples and the Hoofer. A Week with Mr. and Mrs. Average American. Downtown on Saturday Night A Miraculous Silver Screen. Toe-Tapping, Twirling, and Plenty of T and A. The Screen's Sexiest Gal. How Can You Hurt a Watch by Dipping It in Molasses? A Dose of Reality. Sundays in Great Depression America. Two Babes and an Iron Man. Memorable Movie Lines. Depression? What's That? 18. I Ain't So Tough. We Are All Soldiers. Black, White, and Red All Over. Communism with Two Butlers and a Swimming Pool. The Gangster as Society's Victim. Dames, Molls, and Whores with Hearts of Gold. Orson Welles Says "Boo!" The Curtain Comes Down on the Federal Theater. Mysterious Stuff. The Genuine Article. The Real Nick and Nora Doyle Is Dead, Sherlock Isn't. 19. Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing. America's Music Teacher. The Duke, the Count, and the King. Carnival of Swing. The Five-and-Dime Store. A Few Fads and Nonmusical Crazes. Call for Philip MAW-RISSS. Papa Dionne Hands Out a Bunch of Cigars. A Big Boom in War Toys. Wild Bill. 20. World of Tomorrow. Who the Devil Is This Guy Named Art Deco? Mr. Breer's Brainstorm. Streamlining Takes to the Rails. Up, Up, and Away. Lining Up on the Runway. Time Out for a Flashback. Open Up Your Golden Gate. The Biggest and Best. Amusement Parks. The Resort of the Monopoly Board. A Park for the Sweet-Toothed. 21. America First. Who's Scarlett? Where's Dorothy? That SOB in the White House. My Conscience Will Not Let Me. The Four Freedoms. This Dabbling in Europe's Wars. The Fat Lady Sings. The End of Isolationism. Could It Happen Again? VI. APPENDIXES. Appendix A. Great Depression Chronology. Appendix B. Roosevelt's Fireside Chats in the 1930s. Appendix C. Great Depression Glossary. Appendix D. Further Reading. Index.

About the Author :
H. Paul Jeffers is the author of 50 books of fiction and nonfiction. Among his numerous mystery novels is a trilogy featuring a 1930s private detective named Harry MacNeil. His biographies include 1930s political figures Fiorello La Guardia and Theodore Roosevelt Jr. A broadcast journalist for 33 years before becoming a full-time author, Mr. Jeffers has taught writing at several universities; produced award-winning documentaries for radio, TV, and records; and served as historical consultant and TV news commentator.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780028642895
  • Publisher: Pearson Professional Education
  • Publisher Imprint: Alpha Books
  • Language: English
  • Spine Width: 22 mm
  • Width: 232 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0028642899
  • Publisher Date: 22 Feb 2002
  • Binding: Paperback
  • No of Pages: 384
  • Weight: 642 gr


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