Down and Out in the Great Depression
Letters from the Forgotten Man
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2008
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25th Anniversary Edition
The University of North Carolina Press (Verlag)
978-0-8078-5891-2 (ISBN)
The University of North Carolina Press (Verlag)
978-0-8078-5891-2 (ISBN)
A collection of letters by the men, women, and children who suffered through the Great Depression. It shows the problems, thoughts, and emotions of ordinary people during this time.
This is a new edition of a classic book for a new generation.""Down and Out in the Great Depression"" is a moving, revealing collection of letters by the forgotten men, women, and children who suffered through one of the greatest periods of hardship in American history. Mainly because of his radio talks, thousands felt they knew President Franklin Roosevelt personally and could confide in him about their troubles. Sifting through some 15,000 letters from government and private sources, Robert McElvaine has culled nearly 200 examples that best show the problems, thoughts, and emotions of ordinary people during this time. For this twenty-fifth anniversary edition, McElvaine provides a new foreword recounting the history of the book, its impact on the historiography of the Depression, and its continued importance today.
This is a new edition of a classic book for a new generation.""Down and Out in the Great Depression"" is a moving, revealing collection of letters by the forgotten men, women, and children who suffered through one of the greatest periods of hardship in American history. Mainly because of his radio talks, thousands felt they knew President Franklin Roosevelt personally and could confide in him about their troubles. Sifting through some 15,000 letters from government and private sources, Robert McElvaine has culled nearly 200 examples that best show the problems, thoughts, and emotions of ordinary people during this time. For this twenty-fifth anniversary edition, McElvaine provides a new foreword recounting the history of the book, its impact on the historiography of the Depression, and its continued importance today.
ROBERT S. McELVAINE is Elizabeth Chisholm Professor of Arts and Letters and professor of history at Millsaps College.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 29.2.2008 |
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| Verlagsort | Chapel Hill |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 154 x 226 mm |
| Gewicht | 395 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Briefe / Tagebücher |
| Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918) | |
| Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945 | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-8078-5891-9 / 0807858919 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-8078-5891-2 / 9780807858912 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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