{"product_id":"the-great-depression-and-the-new-deal-a-thematic-encyclopedia-2-volumes","title":"The Great Depression and the New Deal: A Thematic Encyclopedia [2 Volumes]","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMarc Notes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIncludes bibliographical references and index.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Great Depression and the New Deal: a Thematic Encyclopedia\u003c\/i\u003e could find a home in either reference or circulation, depending on need and the nature of the collection. It should also appeal to a variety of libraries including high school, public, and undergraduate. Students will find these two volumes a valuable resource for completing short assignments as well as getting a start on larger papers. At the same time, general readers will turn to them to get facts and perspective on one of the most trying and difficult eras in American history.\" --\u003ci\u003eAgainst the Grain\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"...this work is a good choice to help students begin research on this era.\" -- \n\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Recommended. Lower- and upper-level undergraduates; graduate students.\" -- \n\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBrief Description\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA comprehensive encyclopedia of the 1930s in the United States, showing how the Depression affected every aspect of American life.\u003cbr\u003eIn two volumes, \u003ci\u003eThe Great Depression and the New Deal: A Thematic Encyclopedia\u003c\/i\u003e captures the full scope of a defining era of American history. Like no other available reference, it offers a comprehensive portrait of the nation from the Crash of 1929 to the onset of World War II, exploring the impact of the Depression and the New Deal on all aspects of American life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book features hundreds of alphabetically organized entries in sections focusing on economics, politics, social ramifications, the arts, and ethnic issues. With an extraordinary range of primary sources integrated throughout, \u003ci\u003eThe Great Depression and the New Deal\u003c\/i\u003e is the new cornerstone resource on a historic moment that is casting a shadow on our own unsettled times.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOver 650 alphabetically organized entries on the impact of the Depression and the New Deal on the nation's economy, politics, society, arts, and minorities\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e45 contributors at the forefront of current scholarship on 1930s America and the continuing aftershocks of that tumultuous time\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrimary documents integrated throughout, including Woody Guthrie songs, writings and speeches from Huey Long and Father Coughlin, murals by Diego Rivera, excerpts from \u003ci\u003eThe Grapes of Wrath\u003c\/i\u003e, and contemporary newspaper articles\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIllustrations providing definitive images of the Depression\/New Deal era, including federally funded work such as Dorothea Lange's photography for the Farm Security Administration\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA comprehensive chronology that marks the origins, course, and consequences of the Depression and the New Deal\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliographic listings for each entry and a comprehensive index of people, places, events, and key terms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDaniel Leab\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of history at Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eKenneth J. Bindas\u003c\/b\u003e, PhD, is professor and chair in the department of history at Kent State University, Kent, OH. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAlan Harris Stein\u003c\/b\u003e, PhD, is associate director of the Consortium for Oral History Educators at the Martha Ross Center for Oral History, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD. He also serves as an oral history consultant and is chair of the Oral History Association Education Committee, specializing in the field of oral history as an educational methodology. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eJustin Corfield\u003c\/b\u003e is a teacher of history and international studies at Geelong Grammar School. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eSteven L. 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