Tuesday, Aug. 25 WHAT'S SO DEPRESSING ABOUT A DEPRESSION?: Introduction
Wednesday, August 26, 7 PM: Film: Little Caesar (1930) - SH-221.
Link to Reviews
Audio.
Thursday, Aug. 27 "YA CAN DISH IT OUT, BUT YOU'RE GETTIN' SO YA CAN'T TAKE IT NO MORE"
READING: Introduction to forthcoming 25th Anniversary Edition of The Great Depression.
Tuesday, Sep. 1 "STORMY WEATHER": The Great Depression and American History
READING: The Great Depression, pp. xiii-24;
Depression & New Deal, pp. 7-15.
Wednesday, September 2, 7 PM: FILM: Freaks (1932) - SH-221.
Link to Reviews
Thursday, Sept. 3 "AIN'T WE GOT FUN?" --The Twenties and the Consumption Ethic
Audio.
READING: The Great Depression, pp. 25-50.
Depression & New Deal, pp. 16-21.
saez-UStopincomes-2007 -
Collage of Scenes from Class Skits
MUSIC: Irving Berlin, "Blue Skies" (vocal: Betty Hutton)