b'68 PRIMARY SOURCES IN AMERICAN HISTORY: ERAS HistoryDefining Documents in American History: NEW!The Great Depression(1929-1941)A valuable resource in an academic library for students writing historical research papers. Library JournalThis volume explores the severe economic depression that took place mostly in the 1930s in the United States. Beginning with a major fall in stock prices, the Great Depression had devastating effects for both rich and poor. Areas dependent on primary sector industries, such as mining and logging were hard hit. Farming communities and rural areas suffered as crop prices plummeted. Effects of the Great Depression continued to be felt up until World War II. These volumes explore documents that help to define events leading to the Great Depression, demonstrate its effects, and show the thinking of leaders and politicians at that time. Documents analyzed include: President Hoovers response to the Stock Market Crash of 1929, Eleanor Roosevelts article,What Ten Million Women Want, FDRs fireside chats outlining the New Deal (1933)and the recession in 1938, the National Archives Act, and many more. Each in-depthchapter provides a thorough commentary and analysis of each primary source document, often reprinted in its entirety. Commentary includes a Summary, Overview, Defining Moment, Author Biography, Detailed Document Analysis, and discussion of Essential Themes. FREEFebruary 2022 | Two Volumes; 400 Pages | Print ISBN: 978-1-63700-079-3 Online Access Library Price: $295FREE NEW! HISTORYSee Also: The Thirties in America, pg. 91 Defining Documents: The 1930s, pg. 67 Defining Documents in American History: NEW!The Great Migration(1916-1970)Also known as the Great Northward Migration and the Black Migration, this movement of more than six million African Americans from Americans rural southern regions to its urban DEFINING DOCUMENTS northern regions occurred over more than 50 years, from 1916 to 1970. Some historians PRIMARY SOURCES IN AMERICAN HISTORY: ERASIN AMERICAN HISTORYseparate this great move into two periodsthe first from 1916 to 1940, during which 1.6 The Great million people moved from the rural south to the industrial north, and the second following the Great Depression, from 1940 to 1970, which saw more than 5 million people, many Migrationwith urban skills, move north and west. Two main causes for this massive migration were poor economic conditions and racial segregation and discrimination in Southern states(1916-1970)when Jim Crow laws were upheld. The Great Migration was historic for its sheer number, called the largest and most rapid internal movements in history. It also brought historic VOLUME 1change to the cities the migrants moved to, where African Americans established influential communities of their own at a time when these cities were already exerting cultural, social, political, and economic influence in the country. These volumes analyze documents that address issues that led up to the Great Migration as well as issues that resulted from it, including: Southern Jim Crow laws Sharecropping and indentured labor contracts Documents depicting the 1906 Atlanta and 1917 East St. Louis riots Newspaper accounts of migration to northern cities Real estate plans showing the phenomenon of redlining Examples of cultural migration (blues music, art, etc.) FREE Court cases about integration and civil rightsOnline AccessDebates around school busingFREE NEW! Each in-depth chapter provides a thorough commentary and analysis of each primary source document, often reprinted in its entirety. Commentary includes a Summary, Overview, Defining Moment, Author Biography, Detailed Document Analysis, and discussion of Essential Themes.October 2022 | Two Volumes; 400 Pages | Print ISBN: 978-1-63700-353-4 Library Price: $295eBooks are also available - visit www.salempress.com for more informationGET ONLINE ACCESS(800) 221-1592 WITH YOUR PRINT BUY! www.salempress.com2022-480 Salem Catalog 2023 R7.indd 68 2022-12-28 11:15 AM'