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Index
Cover Page
Half Title Page
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1: Economic History of the Great Depression
Recessions, Depressions, and the Business Cycle
Timing and Severity of the Great Depression
Gross Domestic Product
Causes of the Decline
Stock Market Crash
Stock Market
Banking Panics and Monetary Contraction
The Panics of 1930–33
The Role of the Federal Reserve
Consequences of Monetary Contraction
The Gold Standard
International Lending and Trade
Sources of Recovery
Works Progress Administration
Economic Impact
Chapter 2: Society and Politics in the Great Depression
Global Concerns
Casablanca
Political Movements and Social Change
Spanish Civil War
Chapter 3: Artistic and Cultural Expressions of the Great Depression
The Documentary Impulse
Federal Arts Programs
Theatre
Clifford Odets
Fiction
Popular Culture
Jack Benny
Conclusion
Appendix
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
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