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The Economies of Africa and Asia in the Iinter-war Depression (1989) Davis, Joseph S. The World Between the Wars, 1919–39: An Economist's View (1974) Drinot, Paulo, and Alan Knight, eds. The Great Depression in Latin America (2014) excerpt; Eichengreen, Barry. Golden Fetters: The gold standard and the Great Depression, 1919–1939. 1992 ...
The Great Depression was a severe global economic downturn from 1929 to 1939. The period was characterized by high rates of unemployment and poverty ; drastic reductions in liquidity , industrial production, and trade; and widespread bank and business failures around the world.
US annual real GDP from 1910 to 1960, with the years of the Great Depression (1929–1939) highlighted Unemployment rate in the US 1910–60, with the years of the Great Depression (1929–39) highlighted; accurate data begins in 1939, represented by a blue line. The Depression caused major political changes in America.
Some of the contents of the 1929 time capsule discovered in April at the old McLaren Hospital as it was being torn down, seen on display Wednesday, May 1, 2024, at McLaren Hospital in Lansing.
The Great Depression: An International Disaster of Perverse Economic Policies (1998) Kaiser, David E. Economic Diplomacy and the Origins of the Second World War: Germany, Britain, France and Eastern Europe, 1930–1939 (1980) Kindleberger, Charles P. The World in Depression, 1929–1939 (1983); Tipton, F. and R. Aldrich.
October 24: Wall Street Crash of 1929 October 11 – J. C. Penney opens Store #1252 in Milford, Delaware , making it a nationwide company with department stores in all 48 states. October 14 – The Philadelphia Athletics defeat the Chicago Cubs , 4 games to 1, to win their 4th World Series Title.
That's where America finds itself on the 80th anniversary of the Great Depression -- reacting to With the news that another devastating economic implosion may be nearing its end.
1939 – Nazi Germany invades Poland; World War II begins; 1939 – Cash and carry proposed to replace the Neutrality Acts; 1939 – President Roosevelt, appearing at the opening of the 1939 New York World's Fair, becomes the first president to give a speech that is broadcast on television. Semi-regular broadcasts air during the next two years