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Great Depression
Great Depression in U.S. history, the severe economic crisis supposedly precipitated by the U.S. stock-market crash of 1929. Although it shared the basic characteristics of other such crises (see depression ), the Great Depression was unprecedented in its length and in the wholesale poverty and tr... Read more
depression
depression in economics, period of economic crisis in commerce, finance, and industry, characterized by falling prices, restriction of credit, low output and investment, numerous bankruptcies, and a high level of unemployment. A less severe crisis is usually known as a recession, a more common oc... Read more
Great Britain
Great Britain officially United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, constitutional monarchy (2005 est. pop. 60,441,000), 94,226 sq mi (244,044 sq km), on the British Isles, off W Europe. The country is often referred to simply as Britain. Technically, Great Britain comprises England (199... Read more
United Kingdom (of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
United Kingdom (of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) The UK has experienced the twentieth century as one of decline and fundamental transformation. At the beginning of the century, together with the USA it was the world's major power. Its British Empire reached dimensions unparalleled before or si... Read more
Walker Evans
Walker Evans 1903-75, American photographer, b. St. Louis. Evans began his photographic career in 1928. His studies of Victorian architecture and his photographs of the rural South during the Great Depression, made for the Farm Security Administration, are among his best-known works. Many of Evans'... Read more
hallucination
hallucination false perception characterized by a distortion of real sensory stimuli. Common types of hallucination are auditory, i.e., hearing voices or noises and visual, i.e., seeing people that are not actually present. Hallucinations play a prominent role in schizophrenia and in the mania st... Read more
panic
panic crisis in financial and economic conditions, marked by public loss of confidence in the financial structure. Panics are characterized by a general rush of investors to convert their assets into cash, with runs on banks and a rapid fall of the securities market. Bank failures and bankruptcies ... Read more
Strathmore
Strathmore , valley, c.55 mi (90 km) long and 5 to 10 mi (8-16 km) wide, Angus and Perth and Kinross, E central Scotland, running from northeast to southwest between the Grampians and the Sidlaw Hills. It has some of Scotland's best farmland, producing oats, barley, and hay. The name is sometimes ap... Read more
Arabah
Arabah or Araba , depression, on the Israel-Jordan border, extending c.100 mi (160 km) from the Dead Sea S to the Gulf of Aqaba; part of the Great Rift Valley complex. Limestone, salt, and potash are mined near the Dead Sea. In the Old Testament, Arabah is variously called a wilderness, a plai... Read more
Charles Edward Coughlin
Charles Edward Coughlin , 1891-1979, Roman Catholic priest in the United States, b. Ontario, Canada, grad. Univ. of Toronto, 1916. After study at St. Michael's College, Toronto, he was ordained (1916) and became (1926) pastor of the Shrine of the Little Flower at Royal Oak, Mich. In the 1930s he mad... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "Great Depression"

Great Depression
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History Great Depression See Depressions, Economic . Read more
Great Depression and New Deal
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood in History and Society Great Depression and New Deal For millions of American children and teens the Great Depression brought years of hardship and heartache...initially the economic crisis of the Great Depression was an educational crisis as well... Read more
Great Depression, Causes of (Issue)
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History GREAT DEPRESSION, CAUSES OF (ISSUE) After the presidential election of Herbert C. Hoover, (1929 – 33) in November, 1928, it seemed that all...a bright future. But already there were signs that the economic system was not as sound as it appeared to be — soon the great collapse began. The most ... Read more
Depression
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer ...treated by a healthcare professional. The symptoms of depression in children are somewhat different from those in...depressed? Most people who have cancer are not depressed. Depression is found in cancer patients about as frequently as...noncancer illnesses such as heart disease. However, depression is ... Read more
Postpartum depression
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders ...or current emotional problem(s) family history of depression Symptoms The symptoms can range from mild depression to a severe depression with thoughts of ending one's life ( suicide ). The...patient who demonstrates signs and symptoms of clinical depression (feelings of worthlessness and ... Read more
Depression and World War II, 1929 – 1945 (Overview)
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History DEPRESSION AND WORLD WAR II, 1929 – 1945 (OVERVIEW) When...of the dispossessed. The nation was mired in the Great Depression (1929 – 1939), which continued until preparations...1945) began to revive the economy. The causes of the Great Depression were complex and rooted in the ... Read more
depression
Book article from: World Encyclopedia depression In economics, a period of economic hardship, more severe than a recession . It is commonly measured by a fall in output and a rise in unemployment. The most severe and widespread depression was the Great Depression of the 1930s. Read more
Great Railroad Strike of 1877
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History GREAT RAILROAD STRIKE OF 1877 In...trouble began when an economic depression led railroad companies to cut...in what became known as the Great Railroad Strike of 1877. In...cut and went on strike. The Great Railroad Strike of 1877 began...Foner, Philip Sheldon. The Great Labor Uprising of 1877 ... Read more
The Great Society
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History ...create a "Great Society." Great Society programs, as they...designed to help. Nonetheless, Great Society programs such as...of many Americans' lives. Great Society programs were not...tough economic times of the Great Depression (1929 – 1939). Having...enough to eat during the ... Read more
Great Migration (1630 – 1640)
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History GREAT MIGRATION (1630 – 1640...they faced rising prices and a depression in the cloth trade, which they...Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants...New England's Generation: The Great Migration and the Formation...in 1619 – 1622 of the Great Migration to ... Read more

Dictionary entries related to "Great Depression"

Great Depression
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History GREAT DEPRESSION GREAT DEPRESSION, the longest, deepest, and most...level within five years. In the Great Depression, real per capita GDP was still...between 1929 and 1933. While the Great Depression affected some sectors of the economy... Read more
Depression, the Great
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History Depression, the Great (1929–32) The worst...also explain the severe depression that followed. Banks collapsed...economy. In total, the depression led to a sharp increase...in 1928. In the US, the depression led to greater economic... Read more
Advice to the Unemployed in the Great Depression (11 June 1932, by Henry Ford)
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ADVICE TO THE UNEMPLOYED IN THE GREAT DEPRESSION (11 June 1932, by Henry Ford) The decade before the Great Depression was one of unprecedented economic...Cornell University See also Great Depression ; Unemployment . I have always... Read more
depression
Book article from: A Dictionary of Business and Management depression ( slump ) An extended or severe period of recession . Depressions occur infrequently. The most recent Great Depression occurred in the 1930s; prior to that...1844–51, and 1810–17. Depressions are usually associated with falling... Read more
Depression
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History DEPRESSION DEPRESSION. See Great Depression . Read more
Depression, the
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable Depression, the the financial and industrial slump of 1929 and subsequent years, also known as the Great Depression . Read more
Great Migration
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History GREAT MIGRATION GREAT MIGRATION. In March 1630, the Arbella...other areas. Most but not all of the Great Migration immigrants to New England...England of Puritan members. Finally, a depression in the cloth industry caused economic...to flee this persecution and economic depression, the ... Read more
Great Britain, Relations with
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History GREAT BRITAIN, RELATIONS WITH GREAT BRITAIN, RELATIONS WITH. The United Kingdom and the United States...three times what they sold to Britain in 1783 alone. A postwar depression brought on in part by Parliament's punitive measures invigorated... Read more
Dust Bowl
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...and the panhandles of Texas and Oklahoma, that in the Depression-torn 1930s was devastated by dust storms, resulting...at a time. As a result of economic and agricultural depression, many small farmers were forced to foreclose and leave...Bonnifield, Mathew Paul. The Dust Bowl: Men, Dirt, and Depression. ... Read more
crater
Book article from: A Dictionary of Earth Sciences ...General term for a circular, funnel-shaped depression, up to 1km in diameter, produced by...activity; and a caldera is a large volcanic depression greater than 1 km in diameter. 2. Near-circular depression produced by the impact of an extraterrestrial... Read more

Thesaurus entries related to "Great Depression"

depression
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus depression • noun   1. she seems to be suffering from depression synonyms : unhappiness, sadness, melancholy, melancholia...seasonal affective disorder, SAD.   2. an economic depression synonyms : recession, slump, decline, downturn, standstill; stagnation; the Great ... Read more
retrospective
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus retrospective • adjective  the government introduced retrospective legislation synonyms : backdated, retroactive, ex post facto. • noun  a two-hour retrospective on the Great Depression synonyms : look back, reflection, review. Read more
sorrow
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English ...suffering, pain, woe, affliction, wretchedness, dejection, heaviness of heart, desolation, depression, disconsolateness, mourning.   2. one of the great sorrows of his life synonyms : trouble, worry, woe, misfortune, affliction, trial, tribulation... Read more

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The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression.(Book review)
Magazine article from: The Historian; 6/22/2009; ; 567 words ; The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression. By Amity Shlaes. (New York, N.Y.: Harper Collins Publishers...Roosevelt administrations-- helped to make the Depression Great (9). She seeks to redress what she regards as an imbalance... Read more
Radio's America: The Great Depression and the Rise of Modern Mass Culture.(Book review)
Magazine article from: The Historian; 6/22/2009; ; 588 words ; Radio's America: The Great Depression and the Rise of Modern Mass Culture. By Bruce Lenthall. (Chicago...research for his dissertation, Lenthall saw irony, not insanity. Depression-era Americans, he reminds readers, felt overwhelmed by change... Read more
Monetary policy in the Great Depression: what the Fed did, and why. (Federal Reserve System)(includes related article)
Magazine article from: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review; 3/1/1992; ; 700+ words ; ...world - was in the midst of the Great Depression. Today, interest in the Depression...Federal Reserve policy in the Great Depression. Historical analysis of Fed...regulatory domain. AN OVERVIEW OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION Analysts generally agree that... Read more
Rethinking the Great Depression.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: The Historian; 6/22/2004; ; 534 words ; Rethinking the Great Depression. By Gene Smiley. (Chicago: Ivan...historical transformation such as the Great Depression in 165 pages. The author writes...given one idiosyncratic view of the Great Depression; the author makes no attempt to... Read more
Changing the rules: state mortgage foreclosure moratoria during the great depression.
Magazine article from: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review; 11/1/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...mortgage foreclosures during the Great Depression. This article describes the...borrowers. The evidence from the Great Depression demonstrates how government...delinquent mortgages during the Great Depression. Mortgage delinquency rates... Read more
Some observations on the Great Depression.(response to article by Harold L. Cole and Lee E. Ohanian in this issue, p. 2)
Magazine article from: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Quarterly Review; 1/1/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...United States was followed by the Great Depression in the 1930s. Will the prosperity...1990s be followed by another great depression in the coming decade? This question...are the first to study the Great Depression systematically from the perspective... Read more
Why did productivity fall so much during the Great Depression? (*).
Magazine article from: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Quarterly Review; 3/22/2002; ; 700+ words ; The Great Depression brought a striking short-r...TFP fell throughout the Depression and was about 18 percent...labor input during the Depression. Capital utilization fell...labor input during the Depression. I focus on two types of...workers at the time of the Great Depression ... Read more
Ewing, E. T., and Hicks, D. (eds), Education and the Great Depression: lessons from a global history.(Book review)
Magazine article from: History of Education Review; 7/1/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...D. (eds), Education and the Great Depression: lessons from a global history...13-97-8082-04714-33, 324pp. Education and the Great Depression: Lessons from a Global History...scholarship on education and the Depression. The work seeks to contribute... Read more
The Great Depression.
Magazine article from: National Review; 12/4/1987; ; 353 words ; The Great Depression by John A. Garraty (Harcourt Brace...course, and consequences of the Great Depression. He has emerged with answers that...worst. The Great Lost Hero of the Great Depression was--guess who--John Maynard Keynes... Read more
Great depression II?(Editor's Page)
Magazine article from: Coatings World; 3/1/2009; ; 529 words ; ...would be referred to as a depression. While a definition may be elusive, a depression is characterized by abnormal...as a yardstick, the last depression in the U.S. occurred during the Great Depression of the 1930s. From August...unprecedented (at least since the Great ... Read more