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Paperback. On October 24, 1929, America met the greatest economic devastation it had ever known. In this first installment of his Pulitzer Prize- winning Freedom from Fear, Kennedy tells how America endured, and eventually prevailed, in the face of that unprecedented calamity. Series: Oxford History of the United States. Num Pages: 504 pages, 16pp halftone plates. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 31. Weight in Grams: 768.
On October 24, 1929, America met the greatest economic devastation it had ever known. In this first instalment of his Pulitzer Prize-winning Freedom from Fear, Kennedy tells how America endured, and eventually prevailed, in the face of that unprecedented calamity. Kennedy vividly demonstrates that the economic crisis of the 1930s was more than a reaction to the excesses of the 1920s. For more than a century before the Crash, America's unbridled industrial revolution had gyrated through repeated boom and bust cycles, consuming capital and inflicting misery on city and countryside alike. Nor was the alleged prosperity of the 1920s ... Read more
On October 24, 1929, America met the greatest economic devastation it had ever known. In this first instalment of his Pulitzer Prize-winning Freedom from Fear, Kennedy tells how America endured, and eventually prevailed, in the face of that unprecedented calamity. Kennedy vividly demonstrates that the economic crisis of the 1930s was more than a reaction to the excesses of the 1920s. For more than a century before the Crash, America's unbridled industrial revolution had gyrated through repeated boom and bust cycles, consuming capital and inflicting misery on city and countryside alike. Nor was the alleged prosperity of the 1920s ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
488
Condition
New
Series
Oxford History of the United States
Number of Pages
504
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780195168921
SKU
V9780195168921
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About Unknown
David M. Kennedy is Donald J. McLachlan Professor of History at Stanford University. He is the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945. He is also the author of Over Here: The First World War and American Society, which was a Pulitzer Prize finalist, and Birth Control in America: The Career ... Read more
Reviews for Freedom from Fear
"A grand historical synthesis...this is the kind of book prizes are made for."
Chicago Tribune "An elegant book, beautifully written and remarkably quick to read. In the realm of narrative history, as the saying goes, it doesn't get any better than this.... The author is both a master at guiding the reader through the diplomatic thicket of that era and a ... Read more
Chicago Tribune "An elegant book, beautifully written and remarkably quick to read. In the realm of narrative history, as the saying goes, it doesn't get any better than this.... The author is both a master at guiding the reader through the diplomatic thicket of that era and a ... Read more