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Argues that the Great Depression was caused by the Bank of England, the British government and the City of London.
http://www.tarpley.net/29crash.htm

Academic article on the cause and effects of the Great Depression worldwide.
http://mars.acnet.wnec.edu/~grem...ses/wc2/lectures/depression.html

Stories of Michigan during the Great Depression: Labor unions and the Flint sit-down strike, Paul Honore's Natural Resources Mural, bungalows, radio, lighthouses and the Great Lakes, President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal programs and the Civilian Conservation Corps in Michigan.
http://www.sos.state.mi.us/histo...s/1900-75/depressn/labnews2.html

The Sourcebook is a collection of public domain and copy-permitted texts for introductory level classes in modern European and World history.
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook41.html

A study of the economics of the Great Depression by J. Bradford De Long of University of California at Berkeley.
http://econ161.berkeley.edu/TCEH/Slouch_Crash14.html

Essay which claims the U.S. Supreme Court seized control of the U.S. economy in the 1890s and caused the Great Depression through its mismanagement.
http://ttokarnak.home.att.net/Depression.html

Read the collection of Herbert Hoover's official papers and public statements that relate to his economic policy in the Great Depression.
http://www.geocities.com/mb_williams/hooverpapers/

An article by Lawrence Reed of the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, arguing that the gold standard did not cause the Great Depression.
http://www.mackinac.org/article.asp?ID=686

Critique of some established views about the Great Depression of 1929-1941 written by the economist Lawrence W. Reed.
http://www.mackinac.org/4013

List of articles, books, films and other resources on American migrant farm workers during the Depression.
http://www.weedpatchcamp.com/bibliogr.htm

Information about the stock market crash and how it lead to the Great Depression. Includes chart, glossary and links.
http://www.stock-market-crash.net/1929.htm

A short paper on the origins of the Great Depression. Discusses economic problems and policies that led to the American economic collapse in the 1930s. Includes bibliography.
http://www.gusmorino.com/pag3/greatdepression/index.html

Information and photos of extant WPA/New Deal art, focusing on Illinois, Ohio, and California. Includes biographies, a timeline of the New Deal, and other odd bits of information.
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New Deal/WPA Art Project  A was created to help provide economic relief to the citizens of the United States who were suffering through the Great Depression. The artistic community had already become inspired during the 1920s and 30s by the revitalization of the Italian...
http://www.wpamurals.com/