The Great Depression: A Diary (Paperback)

When the stock market crashed in 1929, Benjamin Roth was a young lawyer in Youngstown, Ohio. After he began to grasp the magnitude of what had happened to American economic life, he decided to set down his impressions in his diary.

This collection of those entries reveals another side of the Great Depression--one lived through by ordinary, middle-class Americans, who on a daily basis grappled with a swiftly changing economy coupled with anxiety about the unknown future. Roth's depiction of life in time of widespread foreclosures, a schizophrenic stock market, political unrest and mass unemployment seem to speak directly to readers today.

General

Imprint:	PublicAffairs,U.S.
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	August 2010
First published:	August 2010
Authors:	James Ledbetter • Benjamin Roth • Daniel Roth
Editors:	Benjamin Roth • Daniel Roth • James Ledbetter
Dimensions:	229 x 154 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	288
ISBN-13:	978-1-58648-901-4
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Essays, journals, letters & other prose works > General Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > General Books > History > American history > General Books > History > World history > From 1900 > General
LSN:	1-58648-901-1
Barcode:	9781586489014

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