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Down and Out in the Great Depression : Letters from the Forgotten Man /

Down and Out in the Great Depression is a moving, revealing collection of letters by the forgotten men, women, and children who suffered through one of the greatest periods of hardship in American history. Sifting through some 15,000 letters from government and private sources, Robert McElvaine has...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: McElvaine, Robert S., 1947-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2008.
Edición:25th anniversary ed.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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