Down & out in the Great Depression letters from the "forgotten man" /
| Other Authors: | McElvaine, Robert S., 1947- |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Chapel Hill :
University of North Carolina Press,
[1983]
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| Physical Description: |
xvii, 251 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects: |
| Item Description: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. Reactions to Hoover and economic breakdown -- Proud but frightened: Middle-class hardship -- The grass roots: Rural depression -- A worse depression: Black Americans in the 1930's -- To be old, sick, poor -- The forgotten children -- Attitudes toward relief -- The conservative -- The desperate -- THe Cynical -- The rebellious -- The unconvinced -- "Our Savior." |
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| Physical Description: |
xvii, 251 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
0807840998 0807815349 |