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A comprehensive review of the events, personalities, and mistakes behind the Stock Market Crash of 1929, featuring photographs, newspaper articles, and cartoons of the day.

Provides an overview of life in Africa, focusing on how the region's economy, climate, geography, culture, and people are changing in the twenty-first century.

Describes the Great Irish Famine and examines what caused the famine, how it affected Ireland's social and economic history, and how the country managed to recover from the disaster.

A comprehensive resource text that chronicles working American immigrants from 1880 to 2007.

Presents a comprehensive examination of the social and economic lives of working Americans between 1770 and 1869, and profiles lives of thirty families that were affected by the various military actions.

Explains what the economy is and how it works in the United States, describes various aspects of the economy, including trade, employment, the stock market, real estate, taxes, and others, and discusses the role of the Federal Reserve in the economy, how the economy is measured, and the global economy.

Examines Cuba's Revolution, its role in the socialist experiment, and its future as a counter-current against neoliberal globalization.

Documents Barack Obama and the U.S. Congress' efforts to restore the American economy since 2009. Details the policymaking efforts that defined this process and reveals why they failed to set the country back on track.