1919-1933

Chronicles the presidential years between 1929 and 1949 and the domestic and global events that marked their administration including Roosevelt's New Deal policies, how the European and Pacific wars were fought, the Cold War, and the development of atomic weapons.

Once there was a little slip of a boy who roamed the streets of London, hungry for life (and maybe a bit of bread). His dad long gone and his actress mother ailing, five-year-old Charlie found himself onstage one day taking his mum's place, singing and drawing laughs amid a shower of coins. There were times in the poorhouse and times spent sitting in the window at home with Mum, making up funny stories about passersby. And when Charlie described a wobbly old man he saw in baggy clothes, with turned-out feet and a crooked cane, his mother found it sad, but Charlie knew that funny and sad go hand in hand.

Offers 12 different views on the economic downturn of the 1930s. Each page provides information about what happened during the Great Depression and how it affected different people.

"In 1931, nine naughty children who received coal in their stockings travel from Pittsburgh to the North Pole to plead their case to Santa Claus"--Provided by publisher.

Chronicles the evolution of the United States over the course of the twentieth-century, focusing on events from the stock market crash of 1929 through the years of the Great Depression.

Chronicles the evolution of the United States over the course of the twentieth-century, focusing on the 1920s when the issue of women's rights became so controversial.

Provides an overview of the United States in the 1920s, discussing the political, economic, and social changes of the decade.

Explores and analyzes the historical context and significance of the iconic Dorothea Lange photograph of a migrant mother and her children.

Chronicles the 1920s, highlighting the people and events that shaped the decade and discussing how the era was a time unlike any other as Americans celebrated the end of the first world war and were unknowingly led into another.

"Some of the most important issues of our time were no less important 100 years ago. America in 1919, at the close of World War I, was shaken from the events of large-scale warfare, fearing a Communist takeover, and facing an incredible amount of social and political change. From Prohibition to women's suffrage, the labor strikes to the violence of the Red Summer and the Red Scare . . . explores each major movement of 1919. Showing how these events were interrelated and examining their continued relevance to our country a century later . . . offers a unique historical perspective on the trajectory of the major movements of the twentieth-century. Showing readers how every current event has unique and fascinating history preceding it"--Provided by publisher.