The Emotional Life of the Great Depression

by John Marsh

The Emotional Life of the Great Depression documents how Americans responded emotionally to the crisis of the Great Depression. Unlike most books about the 1930s, which focus almost exclusively on the despair of the American people during the decade, this volume explores the 1930s through other, equally essential emotions: righteousness, panic, fear, awe, love, and hope.

In expanding the canon of Great Depression emotions, the book draws on...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198847734
• ISBN13: 9780198847731
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 318 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 9.3"