The Great Depression was the worst economic downturn in the history of the industrialized world, lasting from 1929 to 1939. At its peak, the U.S. unemployment rate topped 20 percent.
Libraries & the cultural recordFor a worthwhile exploration of technological faith and associated tensions in the context of librarianship, see Hal B. Grossman, "A Comparison of the Progressive Era and the Depression Years: Societal Influences on Predictions of the Future of the Library, 1895-1940...
The model stresses those factors that, in the opinion of the author, explain the great depression of the 1930's and the continued growth (subject to ... Smithies,Arthur - 《Econometrica》 被引量: 47发表: 1957年 Oral History and Hard Times, A Review Essay Studs Terkel's recent book, Har...
Here's why the prohibition-era establishments were so popular. Could Prohibition happen again? After years of witnessing the backlash from the "Noble Experiment" and enduring the hardships of the Great Depression, the public's support for Prohibition declined. In June 1932, prominent financier, ...
Mixology’s Dark Ages took root in the Depression. Forced into the shadows by the 18th Amendment and the Volstead Act, America’s drinking culture was without form, and void—and Prohibition was upon the face of the deep. When folks emerged in 1933, blinking and parched f...
Continuity of depression during the transition to adulthood: a 5-year longitudinal study of young women. To characterize the clinical course and psychosocial correlates of unipolar depression in late adolescent women and to examine the continuity in affective ... U Rao,C Hammen,SE Daley - 《...
The second question is easier to answer: a lot. Salt doesn’t directly melt ice, nor does it make snow simply disappear. Instead it makes water less likely to freeze in a phenomenon called freezing point depress...
Jimmy Carter 's extended public farewell began Saturday in Georgia, with the 39th U.S. president's flag-draped casket tracing his long arc from the Depression-era South and family farming business to the pinnacle of American political power and decades as a global humanitarian....
We are well aware that chronic (慢性的) pain can disrupt a person’s life to a great extent, causing problems that range from missed work to depression.That’s why a growing number of hospitals now depend upon physicians who specialize in pain medicine. Not only do we evaluate the cause ...
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