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The Great Depression: A Diary

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Great Depression: A Diary
Authors and Contributors      By (author) James Ledbetter
By (author) Benjamin Roth
By (author) Daniel Roth
Edited by Benjamin Roth
Edited by Daniel Roth
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:288
Dimensions(mm): Height 228,Width 152
ISBN/Barcode 9781586489014
ClassificationsDewey:973.91092
Audience
General
Illustrations B/W photos throughout

Publishing Details

Publisher PublicAffairs,U.S.
Imprint PublicAffairs,U.S.
Publication Date 31 August 2010
Publication Country United States

Description

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 Depressionone 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. Roths depiction of life in time of widespread foreclosures, a schizophrenic stock market, political unrest and mass unemployment seem to speak directly to readers today.

Author Biography

James Ledbetter is the editor of The Big Money," Slate.com's web site on business and economics. Daniel B. Roth, son of Benjamin Roth, is the chairman of the law firm of Roth, Blair, Roberts, Strasfeld & Lodge in Youngstown, Ohio.