462 pages
English language
Published April 19, 2000 by New Press, Distributed by W.W. Norton.
Hard Times: An Oral History of the Great Depression
an oral history of the great depression
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Hard Times: An Oral History of the Great Depression (original: 1970/ latest edition: 2005) is a telling of the oral history of the Great Depression written by Studs Terkel. It is a firsthand account of people of varying socio-economic status who lived in the United States during the Great Depression. The first edition of the book was published in 1970. The 1986 print included a new introduction by Terkel. The latest edition was published in 2005.
Subjects
- Depressions -- 1929 -- United States -- Personal narratives
- Oral history
- United States -- History -- 1933-1945 -- Sources
- United States -- History -- 1919-1933 -- Sources
- United States -- Social conditions -- 1933-1945 -- Sources
- United States -- Biography