Dark realities: America's Great Depression
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1. Verfasser: Derbyshire, Wyn (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: London Spiramus Press 2013
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
1. The birth of the Twenties -- From Wilson to Harding -- Death in California -- 2. The boom years -- Keep cool with Coolidge -- The resignation of a President -- The joys of capitalism -- The Presidential election of 1928 -- 3. The storm clouds gather -- The Florida Land Boom -- Post-war Europe -- Reparations and war debts -- 4. Meanwhile on Wall Street -- The Great Boom -- Enter the Federal Reserve -- The last days -- 5. Like a bolt out of hell -- Black Thursday -- Black Tuesday -- No respite -- 6. The onset of depression -- "No one is his place could have done more" -- Dark times approach -- The trials of President Hoover -- 7. America, October 1929-December 1932 -- Hunger, Hoovervilles and hoboes -- The Bonus Army -- 8. A new beginning -- The defeat of President Hoover -- The new President -- Governor of New York -- 9. One hundred days -- The Banking Crisis of 1933 -- Three emergency measures -- Relief for farmers -- The Tennessee Valley Authority -- The unemployed -- The end of the hundred days -- 10. Dark realities -- Roosevelt's bombshell -- Trouble with the NRA -- Sea a thief to catch a thief -- 11. Nemeses -- The Kingfisher -- Father Coughlin -- The World Court -- Legal challenges -- Problems with poultry -- 12. The second New Deal -- Strike! -- The Big Bill -- The Social Security Act of 1935 -- The Tax Bill -- 13. Moving forwards -- "Reform if you would preserve ..." -- Showdown with the Supreme Court -- 14. The arsenal of Democracy -- The Roosevelt recession -- Over there
Beschreibung:VIII, 247 S., [4] Bl. Ill. 24 cm
ISBN:1907444777
9781907444777
1907444785
9781907444784

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