viii, 421 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
regular print
Contents
Introduction. Myth and memories -- 1. Money and power -- 2. Starvation or bullocky tart? -- 3. A roof overhead -- 4. Keeping warm -- 5. Making do: help and self-help -- 6. Down on the farm: debt and determination -- 7. Hurts of the mind -- 8. 'Being philosophical' and good relationships -- 9. 'Never idle' and 'having fun' -- 10. Memory and whole lives -- 11. Relief work: economic conscription? -- 12. Life on the track: battling -- 13. The romance of the swag -- 14. A humpy as home -- 15. The trials and joys of work -- 16. Suicide and flowers -- 17. Conclusions. History and myth -- Appendices
Summary
Historian, David Potts has discovered that the myth of the Great Depression, as a time of great suffering, is often untrue or exaggerated. This book could dramatically overturn how we recollect the Great Depression