unit bibliographical notes
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The Perils of Prosperity: 1914-1932, William Leuchtenburg. Remarkable list of Depression statistics in the chapter "Smashup."
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The Lean Years, Irving Bernstein. Depression statistics & anecdotes on suffering of the people. p. 247 Hoover in 1928-"we will abolish poverty!" p. 505 US Steel Statistics.
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Digital Public Library of America has some terrific primary sources related to this unit.
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Opening 60 minutes of Cinderella Man depict the economic toll of the Depression on an American family (1928 to hat-in-hand scene to end of Corn Griffin fight).
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The Dust Bowl, 2012 PBS Documentary by Ken Burns.
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The Dark Valley, Piers Brendon.
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The Dispossessed, Jacqueline Jones.
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The Global Impact of the Great Depression, Dietmar Rothermund.
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The Dust Bowl, Worster.
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A Square Meal: A Culinary History of the Great Depression, Ziegelman and Coe.
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The Great Interwar Crisis, Robert Boyce.
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The Money Makers, Rauchway.