Taylor Kieran W. Charleston and the Great Depression: A Documentary History, 1929-1941 9781611178647

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Автор: Taylor Kieran W.
Название: Charleston and the Great Depression: A Documentary History, 1929-1941
ISBN: 9781611178647
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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История Америк

История 20 века: с 1900 по 2000

ISBN-10: 1611178649
Обложка/Формат: Hardback
Страницы: 192
Вес: 0.45 кг.
Дата издания: 28.02.2018
Язык: English
Иллюстрации: 11 black & white illustrations
Размер: 231 x 158 x 18
Ключевые слова: History of the Americas
Подзаголовок: A documentary history 1929вђ“1941
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Поставляется из: Англии
Описание: A chronicle of perseverance and hope in the face of economic crises and political changeCharleston and the Great Depression tells many stories of the city during the 1930s—an era of tremendous want, hope, and change—through a collection of forty annotated primary documents, including letters, personal accounts, organizational reports, meeting minutes, speeches, photographs, oral history excerpts, and trial transcripts. Together these documents reveal the various ways in which ordinary lowcountry residents—largely excluded from formal politics—responded to the era’s economic and social crises and made for themselves their own “New Deal.”Arranged in chronological order, the documents include Mayor Burnet R. Maybank’s 1931 inaugural address, in which the thirty-two-year-old merchantturned- politician warned grimly of worsening hardship; the trial testimony of Benjamin Rivers, an African American worker executed by the state after being convicted of murdering a Charleston police officer; horror writer H. P. Lovecraft’s detailed walking tour of the city, in which the visiting New Englander painted a fascinating but romanticized portrait of Charleston that somehow managed to overlook the adversities facing the local population; and Susan Hamilton’s powerful and contradictory memories of her enslavement, gathered as part of the Federal Writers Project.While the Great Depression was an era of economic crises and political change it was also a period of great hope and possibility as Americans from across the political spectrum persevered through hard times, driven by the conviction that government power could and should be used to alleviate suffering and create opportunities to better people’s lives. These documents capture the voices of diverse Charleston residents—from farmers and dockworkers to students, ministers, public officials, and social workers—as they struggled and strove for a better city and a better country.
Дополнительное описание: History of the Americas

Charleston and the Great Depression: A Documentary History, 1929-1941, Taylor Kieran W.