Title The myth of the Great Depression / David Potts

Published Carlton North, Vic. : Scribe Press, [2006] ©2006

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Description viii, 421 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm regular print Contents Introduction. Myth and memories -- 1. Money and power -- 2. Starvation or bullocky tart? -- 3. A roof overhead -- 4. Keeping warm -- 5. Making do: help and self-help -- 6. Down on the farm: debt and determination -- 7. Hurts of the mind -- 8. 'Being philosophical' and good relationships -- 9. 'Never idle' and 'having fun' -- 10. Memory and whole lives -- 11. Relief work: economic conscription? -- 12. Life on the track: battling -- 13. The romance of the swag -- 14. A humpy as home -- 15. The trials and joys of work -- 16. Suicide and flowers -- 17. Conclusions. History and myth -- Appendices Summary Historian, David Potts has discovered that the myth of the Great Depression, as a time of great suffering, is often untrue or exaggerated. This book could dramatically overturn how we recollect the Great Depression Analysis 20th Century history (c 1914+) (Australia) Social history Notes Includes index Bibliography Bibliography: pages 385-401 Subject Depressions -- f9 -- Australia Depressions -- 1929 -- Australia. Depressions -- 1929-1939 -- Australia SUBJECT Australia -- Economic conditions http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009585 -- f9-1939 Australia -- Social conditions http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114311 -- f9-1939 Australia -- History http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009591 -- f9-1939 Australia -- History -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009594 Australia -- Economic conditions http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009585 -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002012476 Australia -- Social conditions http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114311 -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002012476 Australia -- History -- 20th century http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009594 -- Biography. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001237 Australia -- Social conditions http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114311 -- 1929-1939 Australia -- Social conditions http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114311 -- 1929-193 Australia -- Economic conditions http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009585 -- 1929-1939 Australia -- History http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009591 -- 1929-1939 Genre/Form Biography. History. Biographies. LC no. 2006445706 ISBN 9781920769840 hardback 1920769846 hardback

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