Great Depression : People and Perspectives

With 25 percent unemployment, 5,500 bank closures, and 32,000 business bankruptcies, the impact of the Great Depression on the U.S. economy was widespread and catastrophic. But how was that impact actually experienced by ordinary Americans? Who were the people in the breadlines and Hoovervilles? The migrants heading North and West? Giving a voice to stories often untold, Great Depression: People and Perspectives spans the full spectrum of American life during the nation's worst economic crisis, giving voice to citizens often unheard.