Please note: In order to keep Hive up to date and provide users with the best features, we are no longer able to fully support Internet Explorer. The site is still available to you, however some sections of the site may appear broken. We would encourage you to move to a more modern browser like Firefox, Edge or Chrome in order to experience the site fully.

Supporting your high street Find out how »
Decade of Despair : Winnebago County During the Great Depression, 1929-1939, Paperback / softback Book

Decade of Despair : Winnebago County During the Great Depression, 1929-1939 Paperback / softback

Paperback / softback

Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks

Description

In this insightful study, Braatz and Rowland examine how Wisconsin's Winnebago County negotiated nagging issues such as unemployment, debt relief, and sluggish industry during the Great Depression, while attempting to understand the effect these times had on the people who called the county home.

In the fall of 1929, the Great Depression descended hard upon Winnebago County.

Although the county suffered debilitating effects from the economic collapse, the pain was not evenly distributed amongst this largely industrial region in the southern Fox Valley.

At the northern edge of Winnebago County, the cities Neenah and Menasha, driven by the paper industry, suffered far less than Oshkosh, a city greatly reliant upon the woodworking mills lining the Fox River.

When new housing disappeared, demand for Oshkosh's doors and window sashes went with it_and the jobs were quick to follow.

The searing hardships caused by the Great Depression ravaged the economy and social fabric of the Winnebago County community.

Information

Save 2%

£35.00

£34.05

Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
Add to Basket
Sign in to add to wishlist
 
Free Home Delivery

on all orders

 
Pick up orders

from local bookshops

Information