nineteen thirties

"A companion resource to the 1940 Census just released by the US National Archives, This is Who We Were, provides the reader with a deeper understanding of what life was like in America in 1940 and how it compares statistically to life today. Using both original material from the 1940 CEnsus (reprinted here in a different color), readers will find richly-illustrated Personal Profiles, Economic Data, and Current Events to give meaning and depth to what life was like in 1940 America as the country was emerging from depression, but on the verge of war. Next, a wide range of data from the 1940 and 2010 Census are put side-by-side so users can quickly and easily see differences and similarities over these past 70 years."--Publisher's website.

Discusses the political, economic, and cultural life of the United States in the troubled 1930s, focusing on the Depression, the Golden Age of movies, and the threat of world war.

A narrative of the Great Depression, this book draws on little-known oral histories, memoirs, local press, and scholarly monographs to capture the voices of men and women in a time of extreme crisis.

During The Great Depression, advertisers sought to paint an optimistic picture of affluent American family life, revealing nothing of the hard times. Cheerful and colorful, ads of the 1930's played an important role as morale boosters, promising happiness and success to a country in crisis.

Primary documents help argue the pros and cons of a variety of issues which shaped the presidencies of Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, Woodrow Wilson, Warren G. Harding, and Calvin Coolidge.

Presents an illustrated photographic history of the 1930s including the Great Depression, presidency of Franklin Roosevelt, rise of Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini, turmoil in Asia, movies and radio, and much more.