1. Great Depression, The: Its Origins In Acceleration And Electric Unit Drive
- Author
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Bernard C Beaudreau and Bernard C Beaudreau
- Subjects
- Electric driving--United States--History--20th century, Industries--United States--History--20th century, Depressions--1929--United States
- Abstract
This book is part of a new generation of work on the events of the 1920s and 1930s, one that provides a gestalt view of this period. As such, the many events that have until now been viewed as unrelated, are viewed as parts of a greater whole, namely the introduction of a new power drive technology in the form of electric unit drive and its effects. The Roaring Twenties, the spectacular growth of the 1920s, the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act, the Stock Market Boom and Crash, the decline in investment expenditure, the ensuing depression and the National Industrial Recovery Act are all shown to be related.
- Published
- 2023