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The 2008-2009 Economic Crisis vs. The Great Depression

of laissez faire, which Soros quite appropriately described as Market Fundamentalism" (Petrov). But the free market mechanism has ...

Racism and Class: 1890 to 1929

dealing with in regard to racism and discrimination actually can be traced all the way back to the original colonization of this c...

Book Report on William Manchester’s The Glory and the Dream: A Narrative History of America, 1932-1972 (Vol. 1)

with seemingly no end in sight. With businesses continuing to fail at record levels and unemployment rates at an all-time high, i...

Social Failure in Tennessee Williams’ “Glass Menagerie”

In many ways the social failure of America as a whole at this time in history is symbolized by the personal failure experienced...

Brother Can You Spare A Dime? by Milton Meltzer

In five pages this text on the Great Depression is summarized. There are no other sources listed....

U.S. Great Depression and its Causes

In eight pages this paper discusses the 1929 to 1941 Great Depression in America in a consideration of its causes. Three sources ...

Dust Bowl and the Great Depression

Fed the kids..and raised a big family But the rain quit and the wind got high...

Stock Market Crash of 1929

dollars in the immediately ensuing crash (Galbraith 62). Up until the very end, it was possible to read encouraging reports of t...

Politics and Society in Argentina During the Thirties and Forties

increasingly corrupt, set the stage for the Army revolt that occurred in September, 1930 (Alexander 3). A predecessor of the 1943 ...

The Return of Depression Economics by Krugman

Krugman focuses on the cause of the collapse, noting that defeating inflation (i.e., using more dollars to buy products) is one re...

Amerian Society and Economy as Presented in John Ford's Stagecoach and Ann Banks' First Person America

of such changes that occurred during the 1930s. A number of the First Person America interviews focus upon the sharp class consci...

Working Life in The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

held a dance as a means by which to temporarily relieve their minds of the perpetual anxiety that intrinsically accompanies povert...

Great Depression and Economic Policies

and Medicare. With these policies people were no longer destitute if they were to lose their jobs. Legislation also sprang forth t...

Great Depression and the American Labor Movement

unemployment rates soared and conditions and wages plummeted among the factory workers and tensions between the two labor factions...

US Great Depression and Unemployment

In nine pages this paper discusses the impact of the Great Depression on unemployment in America, with the primary focus being 192...

Making America by Carol Berkin

The writer analyzes Carol Berkin's book Making America: Changes at the Turn of the Century, and relates such events, eras and peop...

1930s' UK and Economic Recovery

In five pages this paper examines how during the 1930s the United Kingdom was able to recover from the Great Depression in a consi...

Great Depression and Migration of Population

In thirteen pages this paper discusses migration patterns and how they were influenced by the economic hardships of the Great Depr...

The Crucible by Arthur Miller

Ini six pages this paper first examines the playwright's life and effects of the Great Depression on Miller and his writings and t...

The Depression of the 1930s and Black American Artists

noted that in historic cultures that functional objects, often had a decorative component. The works of these artists f...

Was Huey P. Long a Villain or Hero?

In five pages the life of Huey P. Long is examined within the context of Glen Jeansonne's biography Messiah of the Masses Huey P....

Great Depression Causes and its Significance

In eight pages this paper discusses the 1929 stock market crash in a consideration of the Great Depression, its causes and its imp...

Depression Humor

Comedy was even more important during the Great Depression than at most other times in history, when entertainment was most people...

A Saga of the Great Depression in 'Riding the Rails'

This is a 7 page paper that analyzes Errol L. Uys' text that considers how the Great Depression influenced American culture during...

Reviewing the New Deal

The programs of the New Deal have been in place since the 1930s. This research paper examines differing opinions on their success ...

Economic Development and Roles of Investment and Savings

In three pages this paper discusses how economic development during the Great Depression was influenced by the roles played by sav...

American Family and a Character Study of Ma Joad in The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

In five pages this paper examines the Joad family matriarch featured in this classic American novel in a consideration of her role...

Historical Perspective on The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

In six pages this paper examines this famous novel on the Great Depression and related social issues from a historical perspective...

Charles Chaplin's Modern Times

In two pages the film's satire as well as the stand it takes against certain issues are discussed as they reflect America's Great ...

Analysis of the Great Depression of 1929

In four pages this paper argues that the Great Depression of 1929 was inevitable in a consideration of domestic and global economi...