The Great Depression

The readings of E. Hobsbawm, Age of Extremes, Chapter 3 "Into the Economic Abyss", J. Stevenson and C. Cook, "The Dawn of Affluence" Reading 13 HST101 Readings and J.K Blackwelder, "Coping: Middle- and Upper-Class Women." Reading 14 HST101
Readings all offer differing perspectives on 1930s History.
In this essay I aim to compare these three readings on 1930s history, discuss which different themes are emphasised in each account and to evaluate which reading I find to be the most informative on the impact of the Great Depression of the 1930s.
Hobsbawms, "Age of Extremes" Chapter 3 "Into the Economic Abyss", is mainly concerned with the dire consequences that World War 1 imposed on most of the world, post World War 1. Throughout the chapter Hobsbawm discusses the economy situation throughout the world.. Hobsbawm tends to refer to the Great Depression as "The Great Slump", throughout the chapter, the chapter is mainly focussed on the economic crisis that the world was shrouded in, post World War 1. …