The Great Depression
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Book: Good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
The world was brought to its knees in the 1930s, and The Great Depression by Marion Yass chronicles one of the most devastating economic collapses in modern history — a catastrophe that wiped out livelihoods, shattered families, and reshaped the political landscape of the Western world. Through vivid historical detail, Yass presents the cascading failures that began with the Wall Street Crash of 1929 and rippled outward across America and Europe, leaving millions unemployed, hungry, and marching through the streets in desperate protest. Yass writes with clarity and authority, grounding grand economic forces in the human stories of those who suffered most acutely — the factory workers, the farmers, and the destitute urban poor who bore the weight of a broken system. Published by Wayland Publishers as part of their accessible history series, the book illustrates how governments fumbled, ideologies clashed, and ordinary people endured extraordinary hardship, ultimately sowing the seeds of the political upheavals that would define the mid-twentieth century. For anyone seeking to understand how a prosperous world could unravel so completely, this account raises a haunting question: could it happen again?
Author: Marion Yass
Format: Hardback
Genre: American history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
The world was brought to its knees in the 1930s, and The Great Depression by Marion Yass chronicles one of the most devastating economic collapses in modern history — a catastrophe that wiped out livelihoods, shattered families, and reshaped the political landscape of the Western world. Through vivid historical detail, Yass presents the cascading failures that began with the Wall Street Crash of 1929 and rippled outward across America and Europe, leaving millions unemployed, hungry, and marching through the streets in desperate protest. Yass writes with clarity and authority, grounding grand economic forces in the human stories of those who suffered most acutely — the factory workers, the farmers, and the destitute urban poor who bore the weight of a broken system. Published by Wayland Publishers as part of their accessible history series, the book illustrates how governments fumbled, ideologies clashed, and ordinary people endured extraordinary hardship, ultimately sowing the seeds of the political upheavals that would define the mid-twentieth century. For anyone seeking to understand how a prosperous world could unravel so completely, this account raises a haunting question: could it happen again?