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Robert s mcelvaine biography of william
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The Great Depression: America, 1929–1941
Book by Robert S. McElvaine
First edition | |
| Author | Robert S.
McElvaine |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Subject | The Great Depression |
| Genre | non-fiction |
| Publisher | Times Books / Random House-Three Rivers |
Publication date | 1984 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Pages | 402 |
| ISBN | 978-0-8129-2327-8 |
The Great Depression: America, 1929–1941 (ISBN 978-0-8129-2327-8) is a 1984 history of the Great Depression by acclaimed historian Robert S.
McElvaine. In this interpretive history, McElvaine discusses the causes and the results of the worst depression in American history, covering the time from 1929 to 1941. He examines the causes of this cataclysmic event, its impact upon the American people, and the political, governmental, and cultural responses to it.
He comes down firmly in favor of the "demand-side" argument that maldistribution of income in the 1920s having left the bulk of potential consumers with too small a