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Encyclopedia of the Great Depression and New Deal (1929–1941) Edited by James Ciment Includes: Topic Finder, thematic essays, A-Z entries, photos, Cultural Landmarks, primary documents, glossary, master bibliography Reviews: “[A] solid work, enhanced by numerous graphics. ... Recommended for all libraries seeking to cover this important period in their reference collections.” Library Journal “The writing is clear and succinct, and the black-and-white photos, maps, and drawings are well chosen and easy to view. The set provides an excellent starting point for students doing research on this eventful era of American history.” School Library Journal “This set has much to recommend it, including the wide range of topics and the selection of documents.... Serves an older audience and will be useful in academic and public libraries.” Booklist Description: Covering the years 1929 to 1941, this comprehensive encyclopedia traces all the major political, economic, social, and cultural movements, as well as the principal events, people, and institutions, of the longest and most severe economic crisis in U.S. history. The work gives students and researchers all the essential information on how the nation confronted the Great Depression, and how this pivotal era continues to influence America’s identity, politics, and economy. A number of new enhancements have been added to the online version, including a featured essay on the parallels and differences between the Great Depression and the recession of 2007–2009; a new thematic essay on Arts and Culture; a new Cultural Landmarks section;an updated Master Bibliography that includes dozens of notable new titles since the encyclopedia’s original publication; and Topic Finder and Browse lists. Contents: Introduction: The Great Depression and New Deal, 1929–1941 Featured Essay: The Great Depression and the Recession of the 2000s: A Comparison Cultural Landmarks Primary Documents Glossary Master Bibliography Abbott, Bud, and Lou Costello Abraham Lincoln Brigade Ace, Goodman, and Jane Ace Acuff, Roy Adamic, Louis Advertising and Consumption African Americans Agee, James Agricultural Adjustment Act (1933) Agriculture Aid to Dependent Children Alcoholics Anonymous Alexander, Will America First Committee American Federation of Labor American Labor Party American Newspaper Guild Anderson, Marian Armstrong, Louis Arnold, Thurman Arts and Culture Arts, Fine Asian Americans Astaire, Fred, and Ginger Rogers Atlantic Charter (1941) Automobile Industry Autry, Gene Bailey, Josiah Baldwin, Stanley Banking Banking Holidays Barkley, Alben Baruch, Bernard M. Basie, Count Bennett, Harry Bennett, Richard Bedford Benton, Thomas Hart Bergen, Edgar Berkeley, Busby Berle, Adolph A., Jr. Berlin, Irving Bethune, Mary McLeod Bilbo, Theodore “Black Cabinet” Black, Hugo Black Legion Blitzstein, Marc Blum, Léon Bogart, Humphrey Bonus Army Bonus Bills Bourke-White, Margaret Brain Trust Brandeis, Louis Bridges, Harry Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters Broun, Heywood Browder, Earl Brundage, Avery Buck, Pearl Budget, Federal Burns, George, and Gracie Allen Business and Economy Butler, Pierce Byrnes, James F. Cagney, James Cain, James M. Caldwell, Erskine Calloway, Cab Canada Capone, Al Capra, Frank Cárdenas, Lázaro Cardozo, Benjamin Carnegie, Dale Cash-and-Carry Policy Chamberlain, Neville Chandler, Raymond Charity and Philanthropy Chiang Kai-shek China Christian Front Churchill, Winston Civil Rights Section, Department of Justice Civil Works Administration Civilian Conservation Corps Cohen, Benjamin V. Commodity Credit Corporation Commonwealth Club Speech Communist Party Congress of Industrial Organizations Cooper, Gary Copland, Aaron Corcoran, Thomas G. Coughlin, Charles Court-Packing Plan Cowley, Malcolm Crime Daily Life Daladier, Édouard Dams Dawes, Charles G. Delta Council Democratic Party Dewey, Thomas E. Didrikson, Babe Dies, Martin, Jr. Dietrich, Marlene Dillinger, John DiMaggio, Joe Dionne Quintuplets Disney, Walt Dos Passos, John Douglas, William O. Dubinsky, David Dust Bowl Earhart, Amelia Eccles, Marriner Economy Act (1933) Education Einstein, Albert Elderly, The Election of 1930 Election of 1932 Election of 1934 Election of 1936 Election of 1938 Election of 1940 Ellington, Duke Emergency Banking Act (1933) Emergency Educational Program Emergency Relief and Construction Act (1932) Emergency Relief Appropriations Act (1935) Empire State Building End Poverty in California Ethiopian War Evans, Walker Fair Employment Practices Committee Fair Labor Standards Act (1938) Farley, James Farm Holiday Association Farm Security Administration Farmer-Labor Party Fascism, Domestic Fascism, Italy Father Divine Faulkner, William Federal Art Project Federal Bureau of Investigation Federal Communications Commission Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Federal Emergency Relief Administration Federal Housing Administration Federal Music Project Federal Reserve System Federal Securities Act (1933) Federal Surplus Relief Corporation/Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation Federal Theatre Project Federal Writers’ Project Fields, W.C. Film, Documentary and Newsreel Film, Feature Fireside Chats Floyd, Pretty Boy Flynn, Errol Ford, Henry Ford, John Ford Motor Company Foster, William Z. France Franco, Francisco Frankfurter, Felix Gable, Clark Garbo, Greta Garner, John Nance Gehrig, Lou General Motors German-American Bund Gershwin, George, and Ira Gershwin Glass, Carter Glass-Steagall Act (1933) Gold Standard Goldwyn, Samuel Good Neighbor Policy Goodman, Benny Government and Politics Grant, Cary Great Britain Green, William Greenberg, Hank Group Theatre Guthrie, Woody Hammett, Dashiell Harlem Riot of 1935 Hastie, William Hatch Act (1939) Hawks, Howard Hays, Will H. Hearst, William Randolph Hemingway, Ernest Henie, Sonja Hepburn, Katharine Hickok, Lorena Hicks, Granville Hillman, Sidney HindenburgDisaster Hispanic Americans Hitler, Adolf Hoboes and Transients Holiday, Billie Home Owners Loan Corporation Hook, Sidney Hoover, Herbert Hoover, J. Edgar Hopkins, Harry Hopper, Hedda House Un-American Activities Committee Howe, Louis M. Hughes, Charles Evans Hughes, Howard Hughes, Langston Hull, Cordell Hunger Marches Hurston, Zora Neale Ickes, Harold L. Indian Reorganization Act (1934) Insull, Samuel Insurance Industry International Affairs International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union Jackson Day Speech Japan Johnson Act (1934) Johnson, Hiram Johnson, Hugh Jones-Connally Farm Relief Act (1934) Kennedy, Joseph P. Keynesian Economics King, William Lyon Mackenzie Knox, Frank La Follette, Philip, and Robert La Follette, Jr. La Guardia, Fiorello H. Labor and Unions Landon, Alf Lange, Dorothea Leadbelly League of Nations Legion of Decency Lemke, William Lend-Lease Act (1941) Lewis, John L. Lewis, Sinclair Liberty League Lindbergh, Charles A. Lindbergh Kidnapping Lippmann, Walter Literature “Little Steel” Lombard, Carole Lombardo, Guy London Economic Conference (1933) Long, Huey P. Louis, Joe Luce, Henry R. Lynching MacArthur, Douglas MacDonald, Ramsay MacLeish, Archibald Manchuria, Invasion of Mao Zedong Marcantonio, Vito March on Washington Movement Marshall, George C. Marx Brothers Mayer, Louis B. McCormick, Robert R. Mellon, Andrew W. Memorial Day Massacre, 1937 Mercury Theatre Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Mexico Mining Mitchell, Charles E. Moley, Raymond Morgenthau, Henry, Jr. Motion Picture Production Code/Production Code Administration Muni, Paul Munich Conference (1938) Murphy, Frank Murray, Philip Murrow, Edward R. Music Mussolini, Benito National Association for the Advancement of Colored People National Credit Corporation National Industrial Recovery Act (1933) National Labor Relations Act (1935) National Union for Social Justice National Urban League National Youth Administration Native Americans Nazi Germany Nazi-Soviet Nonaggression Pact (1939) Nelson, Baby Face Neutrality Acts (1935–1939) New Deal, First New Deal, Second New Masses New Republic, The Newspapers and Magazines Niebuhr, Reinhold NLRB v. Jones & Laughlin (1937) Norris, George W. Norris-La Guardia Anti-Injunction Act (1932) Nye Committee Odets, Clifford Office of Production Management Okies Olson, Floyd Olympic Games (Berlin, 1936) Owens, Jesse Paige, Satchel Parker, Bonnie, and Clyde Barrow Parsons, Louella Pecora Investigation Peek, George Pepper, Claude Perkins, Frances Photography Popular Front Porter, Cole Powell, William President’s Organization of Unemployment Relief Prohibition Public Utility Holding Company Act (1935) Public Works Public Works Administration Public Works of Art Project Radio Railroads Randolph, A. Phillip Rankin, John Raskob, John J. Rayburn, Sam Reconstruction Finance Corporation Reed, Stanley F. Refugees Republican Party Resettlement Administration Reuther, Walter Revenue Act (1932) Rhineland, Reoccupation of Rivera, Diego Roberts, Owen J. Robeson, Paul Robinson, Edward G. Robinson, Joseph T. Rockwell, Norman Rodgers, Richard, and Lorenz Hart Rogers, Will Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt, Franklin Delano Rural Electrification Administration Ruth, Babe Saturday Evening Post Schechter Poultry Corporation v. United States (1935) Scottsboro Case (1931–1932) Section 7, National Industrial Recovery Act (1933) Securities and Exchange Commission Service Sector Shahn, Ben Share Our Wealth Society Silver Purchase Act (1934) Silver Shirts Sinclair, Upton Sloan, Alfred P. Smith Act (1940) Smith, Alfred E. Smith, Ellison D. Smith, Gerald L.K. Smith, Kate Smoot-Hawley Tariff (1930) Social Security Act (1935) Socialist Party Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act (1936) Soil Erosion Service/Soil Conservation Service Southern Tenant Farmers Union Soviet Union Spanish Civil War Sports Stalin, Joseph Steel Industry Steel Workers Organizing Committee Steinbeck, John Stimson, Henry L. Stock Market Stone, Harlan Fiske Strikes, General Strikes, Sit-Down Stryker, Roy E. Supreme Court, U.S. Sutherland, George Taxation Temple, Shirley Temporary Emergency Relief Administration Tennessee Valley Authority Thomas, Norman Three Stooges, The Time Townsend, Francis Townsend Plan Tracy, Spencer Trade Union Unity League Tugwell, Rexford G. Unemployed Councils Union Party Unions and Union Organizing United Automobile Workers United Mine Workers United States v. Butler et al (1936) U.S. Steel Corporation Utilities Industry Vallée, Rudy Van Devanter, Willis Vidor, King Wagner, Robert F. Wagner-Steagall Housing Act (1937) Wallace, Henry A. Warren, Robert Penn Wealth Tax Act (1935) Weaver, Robert C. Weismuller, Johnny Welles, Orson Welles, Sumner West Coast Hotel v. Parrish (1937) West, Mae Wheeler, Burton K. Wheeler-Rayburn Act (1935) White, Walter Francis Whitney, Richard Williams, Aubrey Willkie, Wendell L. Wilson, Edmund Winchell, Walter Wisconsin Progressive Party Women Wood, Grant Works Progress Administration World’s Fairs World War II, Early History of Wright, Richard Youth Cultural Landmarks Art and Architecture Literature and Journalism Performing Arts Primary Documents Legislation, Veto Statements, Executive Orders, Committee Reports Appeal to Governors for Stimulation of State Public Works, by Herbert Hoover (1929) Veto of Amendment to World War Veterans’ Bonus Act, by Herbert Hoover (1930) Veto of Muscle Shoals Bill, by Herbert Hoover (1931) Outline of Program to Secure Cooperation of Bankers to Relieve Financial Difficulties, by Herbert Hoover (1931) Norris-La Guardia Anti-Injunction Bill (1932) Agricultural Adjustment Act (1933) Tennessee Valley Act (1933) Abandonment of the Gold Standard (1933) National Industrial Recovery Act (1933) National Labor Relations Act (1935) Social Security Acts (1935) Reform of the Federal Judiciary (1937) Wagner-Steagall National Housing Act (1937) Hatch Act (1939) Party Platforms, Political Speeches, Press Conferences Herbert Hoover’s “Rugged Individualism” Speech, October 22,1928 Warning Against Deficit Spending, by Herbert Hoover, February 25, 1930 Lincoln’s Birthday Address, by Herbert Hoover, February 12, 1931 Democratic Party Platform, 1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt’s “New Deal” Speech to Democratic Convention, July 2, 1932 Republican Party Platform, 1932 Campaign Speech by Herbert Hoover, October 31, 1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt’s First Inaugural Address, March 4, 1933 Fireside Chat on the Banking Crisis, by Franklin D. Roosevelt, March 12, 1933 Speech on the National Recovery Administration, by Franklin D. Roosevelt, July 24, 1933 Huey Long’s “Every Man a King” Speech, February 23, 1934 Fireside Chat on Social Security Acts, by Franklin D. Roosevelt, January 17, 1935 Fireside Chat on Work Relief Programs, by Franklin D. Roosevelt, April 28, 1935 Democratic Party Platform, 1936 Republican Party Platform, 1936 Campaign Speech by Franklin D. Roosevelt, October 14, 1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Second Inaugural Address, January 20, 1937 Comments by Eleanor Roosevelt on Married Women in the Labor Force, June 16, 1938 Comments by Eleanor Roosevelt on Crossing Picket Lines, January 17, 1939 Comments by Eleanor Roosevelt on Cuts in Works Progress Administration Jobs, January 31, 1939 Democratic Party Platform, 1940 Republican Party Platform, 1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Third Inaugural Address, January 20, 1941 Court Rulings United States v. One Book Called “Ulysses” (1933) Schechter Poultry Corporation v. United States (1935) United States v. Butler et al. (1936) Ashwander v. Tennessee Valley Authority (1936) National Labor Relations Board v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation (1937) West Coast Hotel Company v. Parrish (1937) Missouri ex rel. Gaines v. Canada (1938) International Affairs Herbert Hoover’s Proposal for a One-Year Moratorium on Intergovernmental Debts, June 20, 1931 Letter from Franklin D. Roosevelt to Soviet Diplomat Maksim Litvinov on U.S. Recognition of the Soviet Union, November 16, 1933 U.S. State Department Report on Nazi Germany, April 17, 1934 U.S. State Department Report on Imperial Japan, December 27, 1934 Franklin D. Roosevelt on the Good Neighbor Policy, December 1, 1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt’s “Quarantine” of Aggressor Nations Speech, October 5, 1937 Fireside Chat on the European War, by Franklin D. Roosevelt, September 3, 1939 Act of Havana on Hemispheric Defense, July 29, 1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt’s “Four Freedoms” Speech, January 6, 1941 Lend-Lease Act (1941) Atlantic Charter (1941) Franklin D. Roosevelt’s War Message to Congress, December 8, 1941 Glossary Master Bibliography General Works Web Sites

Encyclopedia of the Great Depression and New Deal (1929–1941)