LIBRARY
POL 499: Senior Seminar in Political Science: FDR: Pockets of Light
Books
Wins, Losses, and Empty Seats by ISBN: 9780803235953Publication Date: 2011-06-01An economic history of baseball during the Depression.
Messiahs Of 1933 by ISBN: 9781592138746Publication Date: 2008-05-07Joel Schechter has rediscovered the funny and often politically-charged plays of the American Yiddish theatre of the 1930s. "Messiahs of 1933" examines the innovative stage performances created by the Artef collective, the Modicut puppeteers, and the Yiddish Unit of the Federal Theatre Project. And it introduces to contemporary readers some of the most popular theatre actors of the 30s, including Leo Fuchs, Menasha Skulnik, and Yetta Zwerling.
The Winners
- Forbes on the Great DepressionForbes article about Businesses that survived and (some even thrived) during the Great Depression
- Proctor & Gamble Flourishes in Hard TimesNews Article from 1930 about P&G
- How the Social Security Act of 1935 Saved IBM from the Great DepressionWired magazine article
- The Heinz Success StoryOverview of company history, including a succinct mention of how it survived and thrived in the Great Depression
- Prohibition's repeal and the tax profitInsight into some of the economic reasons for prohibition's repeal.
- Concise history of BrewingHow did prohibition and its repeal affect the economy? Which brewers made a profit?
Banking 1
- Emergency Banking Act of 1933: a SummaryOne of the first things Roosevelt address was the anxiety people had over the soundness of banking system.