The Great Depression : an inquiry into the causes, course, and consequences of the worldwide depression of the nineteen-thirties, as seen by contemporaries and in the light of history / John A. Garraty.
Why it happened -- How it started -- What it did to farmers -- Workers and unions -- What it did to the jobless -- What to do about it -- Radicalism -- New Deal and Nazi reactions -- British and French policies -- How it ended.