Seattle in the Great Depression

a history of business labor and politics drawn from local chronicles

Seattle in the Great Depression

a history of business labor and politics drawn from local chronicles
Bruce A Ramsey
Book - 2025

"Capturing stories from Seattle newspapers and other sources, this narrative history traces a turbulent decade that scarred a generation and defined years of policy and culture-from the city's real estate depression, savings and loan failures, and waterfront Hooverville, to its political fights over unemployment assistance, intense business rivalries, union growth, and more"--

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37413322470362 Available Non-fiction 979.777 RAMSEY
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Main Author: Ramsey, Bruce A. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Pullman, Washington : Washington State University Press, 2025.
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505 0 |a Top of the world, 1929 -- Denial, 1930 -- Bankers, 1931-32 -- The bottom, 1931-32 -- Homeless, 1931-41 -- Relief, 1931-35 -- Hope, 1932-36 -- The Blue Eagle, 1933-35 -- The left rises, 1932-35 -- The labor push, 1934-37 -- Dave Beck, 1931-38 -- John Dore, 1932-38 -- J.D. Ross, 1930-39 -- The popular front, 1936-38 -- The front shatters, 1937-39 -- The great builder, 1930-39 -- Up, down, and up again, 1936-39 -- Enterprise, 1933-39 -- Forward from hard times. 
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