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Pages from History Ser.: The Depression and New Deal : A History in Documents by Robert S. McElvaine (2003, Trade Paperback)
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The Depression and New Deal is a collection of primary sources documenting American life during the longest and deepest economic collapse in American history. From the prosperity and rampant consumerism of the 1920s, the book moves forward to cover the double shock of the stock market crash and dust bowl and then on to the recovery efforts of Roosevelt's New Deal. Some of the most revealing testaments to the times-including songs by Woody Guthrie, articles from sources as diverse as Fortune magazine and the communist periodical New Masses , murals and posters sponsored by the Works Progress Administration, excerpts from literary classics such as The Grapes of Wrath and selections from Eleanor Roosevelt's "My Day" column-have been assembled to provide a well-rounded portrait of the age. The battle among conflicting political and economic forces is brought to life with political cartoons, Roosevelt's "Forgotten Man" radio address and first inaugural address, Supreme Court decisions, newspaper editorials, text from the National Labor Relations Act, and many other documents. Some of the most compelling elements of this history record the impact of the depression on ordinary people. The experiences of Americans of both sexes, all ages, and various racial and ethnic groups are explored through documents such as Farm Security Administration photographs, interviews, letters to the Roosevelts, and the memoirs of a "southern white girl." A special section of Hollywood film stills demonstrates how the changing values of the nation were reflected in popular culture. Renowned historian Robert McElvaine provides expert commentary linking the documents into a fascinating and seamless narrative. Textbooks may interpret history, but the books in the Pages from History series are history. Each title, compiled and edited by a prominent historian, is a collection of primary sources relating to a particular topic of historical significance. Documentary evidence including news articles, government documents, memoirs, letters, diaries, fiction, photographs, and facsimiles allows history to speak for itself and turns every reader into a historian. Headnotes, extended captions, sidebars, and introductory essays provide the essential context that frames the documents. All the books are amply illustrated and each includes a documentary picture essay, chronology, further reading, source notes, and index.Product Identifiers
PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-100195166361
ISBN-139780195166361
eBay Product ID (ePID)2439314
Product Key Features
Educational LevelHigh School, Elementary School
Number of Pages192 Pages
Publication NameDepression and New Deal : a History in Documents
LanguageEnglish
SubjectUnited States / 20th Century, Economic History, United States / General
Publication Year2003
TypeStudy Guide
AuthorRobert S. Mcelvaine
Subject AreaBusiness & Economics, History
SeriesPages from History Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
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Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight14.4 Oz
Item Length7.9 in
Item Width9.9 in
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Intended AudienceElementary/High School
Reviews"Almost all history teachers believe that the best way for students to 'catch' history is to read prime sources, not just textbook summaries. [This] fulfills that purpose superbly!The author's commentaryis readable, helpful, and connects the documents well.I'd buy the whole set for middle orhigh school libraries."--Library Materials Guide, "The latest volume in the excellent Oxford University PressPages from Historyseries does an admirable job of communicating the profound emotional and psychological impact of the Great Depression on the collective psyche of the American people.... Utilizing a wealth of primary sources, McElvaine charts the course of the Depression, permitting the documents he has gathered to tell the bulk of the story....A vivid reconstruction of a seminal era that will allow readers to become personally involved in the Depression experience."--Booklist "Every aspect of the economic collapse is portrayed, including breadlines, riding the rails, the ban panic, the dust bowl....The important voices are here, too.... A balanced, inclusive picture of the period through the senses of the people who lived it."--School Library Journal "A strong collection of primary source materials.... Government documents, articles, speeches, letters, memoirs, song lyrics, cartoons, photographs, and posters are annotated by a specialist in this period."--Horn Book Guide "Engaging, insightful, and provocative....What really sets this work above the others is the careful selection of incredibly interesting documents accompanied by straightforward, astute explanations of their significance."--OAH Magazine of History "Almost all history teachers believe that the best way for students to 'catch' history is to read prime sources, not just textbook summaries. [This] fulfills that purpose superbly!The author's commentaryis readable, helpful, and connects the documents well.I'd buy the whole set for middle or high school libraries."--Library Materials Guide, "Engaging, insightful, and provocative....What really sets this work above the others is the careful selection of incredibly interesting documents accompanied by straightforward, astute explanations of their significance."--OAH Magazine of History, "Almost all history teachers believe that the best way for students to'catch' history is to read prime sources, not just textbook summaries. [This]fulfills that purpose superbly!The author's commentaryis readable, helpful, andconnects the documents well.I'd buy the whole set for middle or high schoollibraries."-- Library Materials Guide, "The latest volume in the excellent Oxford University Press Pages from History series does an admirable job of communicating the profound emotional and psychological impact of the Great Depression on the collective psyche of the American people.... Utilizing a wealth of primary sources, McElvaine charts the course of the Depression, permitting the documents he has gathered to tell the bulk of the story....A vivid reconstruction of a seminal era that will allow readers to become personally involved in the Depression experience."--Booklist "Every aspect of the economic collapse is portrayed, including breadlines, riding the rails, the ban panic, the dust bowl....The important voices are here, too.... A balanced, inclusive picture of the period through the senses of the people who lived it."--School Library Journal "A strong collection of primary source materials.... Government documents, articles, speeches, letters, memoirs, song lyrics, cartoons, photographs, and posters are annotated by a specialist in this period."--Horn Book Guide "Engaging, insightful, and provocative....What really sets this work above the others is the careful selection of incredibly interesting documents accompanied by straightforward, astute explanations of their significance."--OAH Magazine of History "Almost all history teachers believe that the best way for students to 'catch' history is to read prime sources, not just textbook summaries. [This] fulfills that purpose superbly!The author's commentaryis readable, helpful, and connects the documents well.I'd buy the whole set for middle or high school libraries."--Library Materials Guide, "The latest volume in the excellent Oxford University Press Pages from History series does an admirable job of communicating the profound emotional and psychological impact of the Great Depression on the collective psyche of the American people.... Utilizing a wealth of primary sources,McElvaine charts the course of the Depression, permitting the documents he has gathered to tell the bulk of the story....A vivid reconstruction of a seminal era that will allow readers to become personally involved in the Depression experience."--Booklist, "Every aspect of the economic collapse is portrayed, including breadlines, riding the rails, the ban panic, the dust bowl....The important voices are here, too.... A balanced, inclusive picture of the period through the senses of the people who lived it."--School Library Journal, "The latest volume in the excellent Oxford University Press Pages from History series does an admirable job of communicating the profound emotional and psychological impact of the Great Depression on the collective psyche of the American people.... Utilizing a wealth of primary sources, McElvaine charts the course of the Depression, permitting the documents he has gathered to tell the bulk of the story....A vivid reconstruction of a seminal era that will allow readers to become personally involved in the Depression experience."--Booklist"Every aspect of the economic collapse is portrayed, including breadlines, riding the rails, the ban panic, the dust bowl....The important voices are here, too.... A balanced, inclusive picture of the period through the senses of the people who lived it."--School Library Journal"A strong collection of primary source materials.... Government documents, articles, speeches, letters, memoirs, song lyrics, cartoons, photographs, and posters are annotated by a specialist in this period."--Horn Book Guide"Engaging, insightful, and provocative....What really sets this work above the others is the careful selection of incredibly interesting documents accompanied by straightforward, astute explanations of their significance."--OAH Magazine of History"Almost all history teachers believe that the best way for students to 'catch' history is to read prime sources, not just textbook summaries. [This] fulfills that purpose superbly!The author's commentaryis readable, helpful, and connects the documents well.I'd buy the whole set for middle or high school libraries."--Library Materials Guide, "A strong collection of primary source materials.... Government documents, articles, speeches, letters, memoirs, song lyrics, cartoons, photographs, and posters are annotated by a specialist in this period."--Horn Book Guide, "The latest volume in the excellent Oxford University Press Pages from History series does an admirable job of communicating the profound emotional and psychological impact of the Great Depression on the collective psyche of the American people.... Utilizing a wealth of primary sources, McElvaine charts the course of the Depression, permitting the documents he has gathered to tell the bulk of the story....A vivid reconstruction of a seminal era thatwill allow readers to become personally involved in the Depression experience."--Booklist"Every aspect of the economic collapse is portrayed, including breadlines, riding the rails, the ban panic, the dust bowl....The important voices are here, too.... A balanced, inclusive picture of the period through the senses of the people who lived it."--School Library Journal"A strong collection of primary source materials.... Government documents, articles, speeches, letters, memoirs, song lyrics, cartoons, photographs, and posters are annotated by a specialist in this period."--Horn Book Guide"Engaging, insightful, and provocative....What really sets this work above the others is the careful selection of incredibly interesting documents accompanied by straightforward, astute explanations of their significance."--OAH Magazine of History"Almost all history teachers believe that the best way for students to 'catch' history is to read prime sources, not just textbook summaries. [This] fulfills that purpose superbly!The author's commentaryis readable, helpful, and connects the documents well.I'd buy the whole set for middle or high school libraries."--Library Materials Guide"The latest volume in the excellent Oxford University Press Pages from History series does an admirable job of communicating the profound emotional and psychological impact of the Great Depression on the collective psyche of the American people.... Utilizing a wealth of primary sources, McElvaine charts the course of the Depression, permitting the documents he has gathered to tell the bulk of the story....A vivid reconstruction of a seminal era thatwill allow readers to become personally involved in the Depression experience."--Booklist"Every aspect of the economic collapse is portrayed, including breadlines, riding the rails, the ban panic, the dust bowl....The important voices are here, too.... A balanced, inclusive picture of the period through the senses of the people who lived it."--School Library Journal"A strong collection of primary source materials.... Government documents, articles, speeches, letters, memoirs, song lyrics, cartoons, photographs, and posters are annotated by a specialist in this period."--Horn Book Guide"Engaging, insightful, and provocative....What really sets this work above the others is the careful selection of incredibly interesting documents accompanied by straightforward, astute explanations of their significance."--OAH Magazine of History"Almost all history teachers believe that the best way for students to 'catch' history is to read prime sources, not just textbook summaries. [This] fulfills that purpose superbly!The author's commentaryis readable, helpful, and connects the documents well.I'd buy the whole set for middle or high school libraries."--Library Materials Guide
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Table of ContentWhat is a Document? How to Read a Document Introduction Chapter 1: The New Era and Its Undertaker: The Twenties, the Crash, Herbert Hoover Keep the Consumer Dissatisfied Herbert Hoover's Optimism Collapse "When a horse Balks" Chapter 2: Stormy Weather: Depression Life Hooverville City Breadlines Rural Hardship Chapter 3: "A War Against the Emergency": The New Deal Franklin D. Roosevelt's First Inaugural Address The First Fireside Chat "The Social Economics of the New Deal" An Open Letter to President Roosevelt The Social Security Act "W.P.A." Chapter 4: "And I Welcome Their Hatred": Business and the New Deal The American Liberty League Defending the New Deal Schechter Poultry Corp. v. U.S. Franklin D. Roosevelt Campaigns against Big Business Chapter 5: Which Side are You On?: Labor Organizing in the Thirties The National Labor Relations Act A Call for Industrial Unionism Finding Common ground "Dis What de Union Done" Chapter 6: Production For Use, Not Profit: The Left "Whither the American Writer?" "I Have Seen Black Hands" "End Poverty in Civilization" "Ballad of Roosevelt" Chapter 7: The Quick Fix: Panaceas "Cure for Depressions" Lecture on Social Justice Share Our Wealth Chapter 8: "Woman Can Change Better'n a Man": Women, Men, and Children in the Depression Birth Rates Maternalism "Boy and Girl Tramps of America" "Will Women Lose Their Jobs?" Chapter 9: "The Negro Was Born in Depression": Race and Ethnicity in the Thirties A New Pattern of Life for the Indian Getting By The Mexican-American Dream Mary Tsukamoto's Story Chapter 10: Down on the Farm: The Rural Depression Rebellion in the Corn Belt "Dust Bowl Diary" Woody Guthrie on the Dust Bowl Chapter 11: Art for the Millions: Culture in the Thirties Superman: New Deal Hero Joe Louis Uncovers Dynamite Federal Patronage of the Arts Chapter 12: Cinema in the Depression Chapter 13: The Mother and the Father of the Nation?: Attitudes Toward the Roosevelts A Pre-Election View A Letter from Wisconsin Memorandum on "Court Packing" "My day" Praise for Eleanor Roosevelt Chapter 14: "Social Values More Noble than Mere Monetary Profit": The Great Depression and American Values "Forgotten Man" Radio Address Memories of a Southern White Girl The Changed Social Life of a Migrant Camp "Middletown in Transition" "A Spirit of Charity" "Over the Rainbow" Chronology Further Reading Text Credits Picture Credits Index
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