The Great Depression in America: A Cultural Encyclopedia Available to Purchase

The two‐volume Great Depression in America: A Cultural Encyclopedia is different from all other works covering the Depression in American history that lasted from 1929 until the beginning of World War II. The difference is that the work does not examine the Depression from a purely political and historical viewpoint, but looks at the cultural phenomena with a particular emphasis on the impact of the mass media, radio and the movies.

The range of topics is extremely wide – and they cover the trivial to the historically important. But, of course, as we know well, it is often the trivial...