Picture History of the 20th Century - 1930s

Product Description

The 1930s saw the betrayal of the hopes of the generation which had survived the First World War. The prosperity of the 1920s vanished with the collapse of world trade between 1929 and 1931. In almost every western country, democratic institutions found themselves facing challenges from both left - and right-wing extremes. For millions of ordinary people unemployment, which began as a personal disaster, evolved into a permanent way of life.