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The Depression

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Contents

Economic Problems and the Depression

War Reparations

Economic Problems in Europe
The Depression in the US

Economic Problems and the Depression

War Reparations
- The Versailles Treaty, 1919, excerpts [At this Site]
- The Treaty of Versailles, June 28, 1919 [At Yale]
- WEB Treaty of Versailles, June 28, 1919 [At Sandiego]
  Full text, with many accompanying maps and cartoons.
- John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946): The Economic Consequences of the Peace, 1920, excerpts [At this Site]
- John Maynard Keynes: The Economic Consequences of the Peace, 1920 [At Project Gutenberg][Full Text]

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Economic Problems in Europe

George Orwell (1903-1950): The Road to Wigan Pier, excerpts [At Internet Archive, from Clinch Valley College]

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The Depression in the US

WEB The Great Depression
Includes hard statistics.
WEB American Life Histories, Manuscripts from the Federal Writers's Project, 1936-1940 [At Library of Congress]
Over 2,900 online oral histories from the Depressison era. The site also has image files.
Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945): First Inaugural, March 4, 1933 [At Hanover]

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NOTES: Dates of accession of material added since July 1998 can be seen in the New Additions page.. The date of inception was 9/22/1997. Links to files at other site are indicated by [At some indication of the site name or location]. Locally available texts are marked by [At this Site]. WEB indicates a link to one of small number of high quality web sites which provide either more texts or an especially valuable overview.