The Great Depression: A Diary

When the stock market crashed in 1929, Benjamin Roth was a young lawyer in Youngstown, Ohio. After he began to grasp the magnitude of what had happened to American economic life, he decided to set down his impressions in his diary.

This collection of those entries reveals another side of the Great Depression—one lived through by ordinary, middle-class Americans, who on a daily basis grappled with a swiftly changing economy coupled with anxiety about the unknown future. Roth’s depiction of life in time of widespread foreclosures, a schizophrenic stock market, political unrest and mass unemployment seem to speak directly to readers today.

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The Great Depression: A Diary

When the stock market crashed in 1929, Benjamin Roth was a young lawyer in Youngstown, Ohio. After he began to grasp the magnitude of what had happened to American economic life, he decided to set down his impressions in his diary.

This collection of those entries reveals another side of the Great Depression—one lived through by ordinary, middle-class Americans, who on a daily basis grappled with a swiftly changing economy coupled with anxiety about the unknown future. Roth’s depiction of life in time of widespread foreclosures, a schizophrenic stock market, political unrest and mass unemployment seem to speak directly to readers today.

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The Great Depression: A Diary

The Great Depression: A Diary

The Great Depression: A Diary

The Great Depression: A Diary

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When the stock market crashed in 1929, Benjamin Roth was a young lawyer in Youngstown, Ohio. After he began to grasp the magnitude of what had happened to American economic life, he decided to set down his impressions in his diary.

This collection of those entries reveals another side of the Great Depression—one lived through by ordinary, middle-class Americans, who on a daily basis grappled with a swiftly changing economy coupled with anxiety about the unknown future. Roth’s depiction of life in time of widespread foreclosures, a schizophrenic stock market, political unrest and mass unemployment seem to speak directly to readers today.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781586489014
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Publication date: 08/31/2010
Edition description: Reprint
Pages: 288
Sales rank: 53,507
Product dimensions: 6.30(w) x 11.28(h) x 0.76(d)

About the Author


James Ledbetter is the editor of “The Big Money,” Slate.com’s web site on business and economics.

Daniel B. Roth, son of Benjamin Roth, is the chairman of the law firm of Roth, Blair, Roberts, Strasfeld & Lodge in Youngstown, Ohio.

Table of Contents

Preface Daniel B. Roth vii

Introduction James Ledbetter xiii

Chapter 1 June 5, 1931-October 17, 1931 1

Chapter 2 October 20, 1931-November 11, 1932 33

Chapter 3 November 19, 1932-April 22, 1933 77

Chapter 4 April 26, 1933-December 28, 1933 109

Chapter 5 January 10, 1934-November 6, 1936 145

Chapter 6 December 4, 1936-September 11, 1939 185

Chapter 7 September 12, 1939-December 31, 1941 219

For Further Reading 253

Acknowledgments 255

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