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The stock market crash in 1929 signaled the beginning of a long period of severe economic turmoil in the United States. Although previous economic downturns had occurred, the Great Depression of the 1930s was unprecedented both in length and in the scope.

"One of the first book-length studies devoted to religion and African-American political activism in a generation, Something Within explores how Afro-Christianity, in various ways, promotes the political activism of African Americans. Going beyond the opiate-inspiration debate that has dominated research on the subject, author Fredrick C. Harris illustrates the participatory effects of Afro-Christianity by examining its institutional, psychological,...

A political history of the New Deal era with emphasis on the formative years of 1933-1934.

"The colossal scale of World War II required a mobilization effort greater than anything attempted in all of the world's history. The United States had to fight a war across two oceans and three continents-and to do so it had to build and equip a military that was all but nonexistent before the war began. Never in the nation's history did it have to create, outfit, transport, and supply huge armies, navies, and air forces on so many distant and disparate...

"Mr. Smiley explains the roots of the depression in the 1920s, the New Deal's attempts to combat the economic crisis, and the legacy of these efforts in World War II and the postwar years."--Jacket.

This book discusses one of the three signal events that transformed the relationship of government and the private sector in directing the American economy.