1 option
Historic documents of the Great Depression and New Deal : the essential primary sources.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Historic Documents Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- New Deal, 1933-1939--Sources.
- New Deal, 1933-1939.
- Depressions--1929--United States--Sources.
- Depressions.
- United States--History--1933-1945--Sources.
- United States.
- United States--History--1919-1933--Sources.
- United States--Economic conditions--1918-1945--Sources.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (vii, 217 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Dallas, Texas : Schlager, [2024]
- Summary:
- This volume explores critical aspects of the Great Depression and New Deal through key primary documents, from letters and speeches to government documents and even visual sources such as paintings and cartoons. Overview articles provide important context to the era, while a detailed bibliography helps make the volume an important starting point for historical research.
- Contents:
- The Great Depression
- The New Deal
- Herbert Hoover: Annual message to Congress
- John Dos Passos: "Harlan: Working under the gun"
- Herbert Hoover: "The consequences of the proposed New Deal"
- Franklin D. Roosevelt: First inaugural address
- Walter Reuther: "Auto workers strike"
- Emergency Banking Relief Act
- National Industrial Recovery Act
- Tennessee Valley Authority Act
- Wayne W. Parrish: Letter to Harry Hopkins
- Huey Long: "Every man a king" address
- John S. Gambs: "United we eat"
- Ralph Borsodi: "President Roosevelt's new land and population policy"
- Paul Taylor: "Again the covered wagon"
- Schechter Poultry Corporation v. United States
- National Labor Relations Act
- Robert Clifton Weaver: "The New Deal and the negro: A look at the facts"
- Frances Perkins: "Social insurance for U.S." radio address
- Social Security Act
- Huey Long: "Share our wealth" address
- Huey Long: "Our growing calamity" address
- Report of the Great Plains Drought Area Committee
- Ellen S. Woodward: Address before the Democratic Women's Regional Conference for Southeastern States
- Franklin D. Roosevelt: Campaign address at Madison Square Garden
- Aubrey Williams: "The problem of unemployment"
- Robert L. Miller: "It's a great life"
- Franklin D. Roosevelt: Fireside chat on reorganization of the judiciary
- Act to establish a Civilian Conservation Corps
- Fair Labor Standards Act
- John Steinbeck: "Starvation under the orange trees"
- Robert Fechner: "My hopes for the CCC"
- Testimony of Otis Nation to the Tolan Committee on Internal Migration.
- Notes:
- Electronic book
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781961844209
- 1961844206
- OCLC:
- 1506823959
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.