The Great Depression soon achieved a depth and duration unparalleled ... solidifying the contours of the modern welfare state that had been gestating since the end of the 19th century. And during the ...

Images of the Great Depression haunt the pages of history ... She vamped for the press during her 10-day prison sentence on Welfare Island (now Roosevelt Island, via PBS) -- and the vamping ...

The longest recession in American history took place between 1929 and 1939. Known as the Great Depression, this economic crisis was noteworthy in terms of both its length and its severity.

The Wall Street Crash in 1929 plunged the USA into economic depression and led to the Great Depression of the ... peoples’ lives and establish a welfare state. How did the Labour Government ...

One of the most popular New Deal programs, the Civilian Conservation Corps put three million young men to work in the nation's forests and parks at the height of the Great Depression.

The American economy had suffered economic downturns and slumps before, but the Great Depression was the worst in the country’s history. It affected more people and lasted much longer.

The roots of Canada's social welfare system were planted when a ... emerged from the prairie dust during the darkest days of the Great Depression. In 1932, James Shaver Woodsworth became the ...