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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Library Reserve Desk | E806.T47 H37 2005 | 37684001104018 | Getz Reserve | Not holdable | Available | - |
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- ISBN: 1565846567
- ISBN: 9781565846562
- Physical Description: xvii, 462 pages ; 21 cm
- Publisher: New York ; New Press, 2005.
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| General Note: | "This paperback edition published by The New Press ... 2005." Originally published: London : Allen Lane, 1970. Faculty reserve. Material for LHIS-321 (Peknik). |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Foreword, January-February 1986 -- Personal memoir ... Read More Book 3 -- Concerning The New Deal -- Gardiner C ... Read More |
| Summary, etc.: | From the Publisher: In this unique re-creation of ... Read More |
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| Genre: | Personal narratives. |
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From the Publisher: In this unique re-creation of one of the most dramatic periods in modern American history, Studs Terkel recaptures the Great Depression of the 1930s in all its complexity. The book is a mosaic of memories from those who were richest to those who were most destitute: politicians like James Farley and Raymond Moley; businessmen like Bill Benton and Clement Stone; a six-day bicycle racer; artists and writers; racketeers; speakeasy operators, strikers, and impoverished farmers; people who were just kids; and those who remember losing a fortune. Hard Times is not only a gold mine of information-much of it little known-but also a fascinating interplay of memory and fact, showing how the Depression affected the lives of those who experienced it firsthand, often transforming the most bitter memories into a surprising nostalgia.