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Department of State

Ó£»¨ÊÓÆµ Historical Commission

The Hon. Tahesha Way, Lt. Governor and Secretary of State

The Great Depression in Ó£»¨ÊÓÆµ

Grades 9 through 12

Books, Articles and Teachers Guides

America, The Dream of My Life: Selections from the WPA Ó£»¨ÊÓÆµ Ethnic Survey.
David Steven Cohen, ed. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1990

“The Pleasures of Consumption and the Persistence of Poverty: the Economy We Live in Today”
(Ó£»¨ÊÓÆµ's Economy in 1920, the Birth of a Consumer Society, the Great Depression, Post-Depression Economy)
pp. 66-94. In The Uses of Abundance: A History of Ó£»¨ÊÓÆµ's Economy
Paul G. E. Clemens. Ó£»¨ÊÓÆµ History Series. Trenton: Ó£»¨ÊÓÆµ Historical Commission, 1992

“Ó£»¨ÊÓÆµ Comes of Age”
(Hagueism, the Constitution of 1947, Shifting Politics)
pp. 73-85. In Reshaping Ó£»¨ÊÓÆµ: A History of Its Government and Politics
Stanley N. Worton. Ó£»¨ÊÓÆµ History Series. Trenton: Ó£»¨ÊÓÆµ Historical Commission, 1997

“Prosperity, Depression, and War, 1920-1945”
(The Red Scare, the Black Worker, the Great Depression, the New Deal, World War II, Gains for Labor)
pp. 46-63. In Workers in Ó£»¨ÊÓÆµ History
Joseph Gowaskie. Ó£»¨ÊÓÆµ History Series. Trenton: Ó£»¨ÊÓÆµ Historical Commission, 1996

Audio and Video


A one-hour radio documentary about the mayor of Jersey City from 1917-1947, an Irish political boss who was the most powerful person in Ó£»¨ÊÓÆµ politics during the first half of the twentieth century.
A co-production of NJN Radio and the Ó£»¨ÊÓÆµ Historical Commission, 2001


Narrated by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., a one-hour radio documentary. Contains a segment about Seabrook Farms during the Great Depression.
A co-production of the Ó£»¨ÊÓÆµ Historical Commission and public radio station WWFM, 1995 (Real Audio)

America, The Dream of My Life
Three half-hour radio documentaries based on the Federal Writers Project's Ó£»¨ÊÓÆµ Ethnic Survey, narrated by Eli Wallach, co-produced by David Steven Cohen and Marty Goldensohn.
A co-production of WBGO Radio and the Ó£»¨ÊÓÆµ Historical Commission, 1992

Documents

Words That Make Ó£»¨ÊÓÆµ History
Edited by Howard L. Green. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1995
Criticism of President Hoover (1931), pp. 219-220
A Labor Union's Vision (1935), pp. 221-222
Welfare During the Great Depression (1936),pp. 223-224
Forced on Relief Again: A Newark Woman on Welfare (1939), pp. 227-229

Internet Sites


Jersey Homesteads
(Roosevelt, N.J.)

 

 


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