Great Depression
1930's Timeline
Yearly table of major events in America during the Great Depression and New Deal.
America from the Great Depression to World War II
Records of the Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information Collection, showing rural life and the negative impact.
Bibliography for Dust Bowl and Migrant Workers
List of articles, books, films and other resources on American migrant farm workers during the Depression.
Great Myths of the Great Depression
Critique of some established views about the Great Depression of 1929-1941 written by the economist Lawrence W. Reed.
How the City of London Created the Great Depression
Argues that the Great Depression was caused by the Bank of England, the British government and the City of London.
Internet Modern History Sourcebook: The Depression
The Sourcebook is a collection of public domain and copy-permitted texts for introductory level classes in modern European and World history.
Main Causes of the Great Depression
A short paper on the origins of the Great Depression. Discusses economic problems and policies that led to the American economic collapse in the 1930s. Includes bibliography.
New Deal Art During the Great Depression
Information and photos of extant WPA/New Deal art, focusing on Illinois, Ohio, and California. Includes biographies, a timeline of the New Deal, and other odd bits of information.
New Deal Network
Educational site focused on the programs of FDR's New Deal. Sponsored by the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute and the Institute for Learning Technologies at Teachers Colleg…
Off to See the Wizard
Essay which claims the U.S. Supreme Court seized control of the U.S. economy in the 1890s and caused the Great Depression through its mismanagement.
Riding the Rails
Book review of author Errol Lincoln Uys, including a collection of letters from 1930s train-hopping hobos.
Stock Market Crash
A comparison of the stock market crash of 1929 to crashes in 1987 and 2000.
Stock Market Crash of 1929
Information about the stock market crash and how it lead to the Great Depression. Includes chart, glossary and links.
The Depression News - The 1930s
Stories of Michigan labor unions and the Flint sit-down strike, Paul Honore's Natural Resources Mural, bungalows, radio, lighthouses and the Great Lakes, President Franklin D. Roos…
The Depression Papers of Herbert Hoover
Read the collection of Herbert Hoover's official papers and public statements that relate to his economic policy in the Great Depression.
The Economic Consequences of the Peace
The writing by John Maynard Keynes that attacked the effects of Versailles Settlement for its effects on Germany and probably contributed to a lack of resistance when Hitlerism too…
The Gold Standard and the Great Depression
An article by Lawrence Reed of the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, arguing that the gold standard did not cause the Great Depression.
The Great Crash and the Great Slump
A study of the economics of the Great Depression by J. Bradford De Long of University of California at Berkeley.
The World Depression and its Results
Academic article on the cause and effects of the Great Depression worldwide.
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