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Historical Perspective on The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

In six pages this paper examines this famous novel on the Great Depression and related social issues from a historical perspective...

Charles Chaplin's Modern Times

In two pages the film's satire as well as the stand it takes against certain issues are discussed as they reflect America's Great ...

How the Great Depression Ended by United States Entry into the Second World War

to regulate financial markets to prevent the fraud and over-speculation demonstrated in the past decade. Next he initiated his no...

New York Life During the Thirties

In five pages this paper presents a fictitious life story of a Brooklyn, New York woman who lived during the Great Depression and ...

American Economy Growth and Changes After the Great Depression

standard was to let prices and wages fall. The Government Steps In By 1932 hundreds of banks had failed, hundreds of manufa...

1929 to 1932 Period of the Great Depression in America

In sixteen pages this paper examines the events, government response, and societal implications of the first 3 years of America's ...

Causes of the Great Depression of the Thirties

great unresolved mysteries of the 20th century (Norton, 1997). When they do broach the subject more aggressively they often are v...

Analysis of the Great Depression of 1929

In four pages this paper argues that the Great Depression of 1929 was inevitable in a consideration of domestic and global economi...

Great Depression and Deception by the Media

In eight pages this essay examines the 1930s Great Depression and the optimist deception engaged in by the motion picture industry...

75 Year Old New York Woman Interviewed

In ten pages this paper presents an interview with a New York woman that spans her life from the early 1920s to 1979 and includes ...

Amerian Society and Economy as Presented in John Ford's Stagecoach and Ann Banks' First Person America

of such changes that occurred during the 1930s. A number of the First Person America interviews focus upon the sharp class consci...

Working Life in The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

held a dance as a means by which to temporarily relieve their minds of the perpetual anxiety that intrinsically accompanies povert...

Was Huey P. Long a Villain or Hero?

In five pages the life of Huey P. Long is examined within the context of Glen Jeansonne's biography Messiah of the Masses Huey P....

Depression Humor

Comedy was even more important during the Great Depression than at most other times in history, when entertainment was most people...

A Saga of the Great Depression in 'Riding the Rails'

This is a 7 page paper that analyzes Errol L. Uys' text that considers how the Great Depression influenced American culture during...

Reviewing the New Deal

The programs of the New Deal have been in place since the 1930s. This research paper examines differing opinions on their success ...

U.S. Great Depression and its Causes

In eight pages this paper discusses the 1929 to 1941 Great Depression in America in a consideration of its causes. Three sources ...

Brother Can You Spare A Dime? by Milton Meltzer

In five pages this text on the Great Depression is summarized. There are no other sources listed....

U.S. Workforce and the Role of African American Women

In 3 pages this paper discusses how women's involvement in the U.S. labor force was profoundly influenced by the role of African A...

Dust Bowl and the Great Depression

Fed the kids..and raised a big family But the rain quit and the wind got high...

Politics and Society in Argentina During the Thirties and Forties

increasingly corrupt, set the stage for the Army revolt that occurred in September, 1930 (Alexander 3). A predecessor of the 1943 ...

Economics of the Great Depression

In twelve pages this paper examines the social, political, but primarily economic factors that culminated in the Great Depression ...

Stock Market Crash of 1929

dollars in the immediately ensuing crash (Galbraith 62). Up until the very end, it was possible to read encouraging reports of t...

The Impact of Changes in Demography, Industrial Structure and Labor Market on the Health of Workers

In this paper we will look at some of these macro environmental changes including changes in the demographics of workers, such as ...

Immigrant Workers who Built the Transcontinental Railroad

This 5 page paper gives an overview of how immigrants helped build the transcontinental railroad. This paper includes explanations...

1800 Great Britain and Imprisonment

In five pages this paper examines how capitalism influenced the system of punishment in Great Britain at the beginning of the nine...

Hard Times by Charles Dickens' and Impact of Rapid Industrialization

In five pages the effects of rapid industrialization in 19th century England are examined within the context of Dickens' novel in ...

Industrial Revolution and the European Standard of Living

In five pages this paper examines Europe's especially Great Britain's standard of living during the Industrial Revolution in a con...

Labor Market Discrimination and Economic Analysis

In three pages 1992 Nobel Prize winner Gary Becker's economic analysis approach to labor market discrimination is examined in term...

France, Great Britain, and Postwar Europe's Left Wing Political Parties

good peacetime leader, and the connotations between his leadership and the recently ended war may have helped the downfall of the ...