Rethinking the Great Depression.(Book Review)

From: The Historian | Date: June 22, 2004| Author: Szostak, Rick | Copyright information

Rethinking the Great Depression. By Gene Smiley. (Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, 2002. Pp. xii, 179. $24.95.)

It is no easy task to cover a complex historical transformation such as the Great Depression in 165 pages. The author writes in a clear, engaging, and jargon-free style and does a good job of outlining the key events of the period for nonspecialists. Readers should be warned, though, that they are given one idiosyncratic view of the Great Depression; the author makes no a...

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