1930’s/Great Depression

ABC-CLIO Social Studies Databases

Try searching in the following sub-databases:
· American Government
· American History
· Issues
· United States Geography

Gale Virtual Reference Library (be sure to select this database specifically after clicking on Gale)

These are all full-text, digital books that may be helpful. Search either for your topic as a keyword search or search for these book titles:
· American Decades (especially Volume 4)
· Social Policy: Essential Primary Sources
· Everyday Finance; Economics, Personal Money Management, and Entrepreneurship
· Great Depression and New Deal Reference Library
· Roaring Twenties Reference Library
· Bowling, Beatniks, and Bell-Bottoms: Pop Culture of 20th-Century America
· Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History
· Tobacco in History and Culture: An Encyclopedia
· Encyclopedia of Race and Racism
· Literature and Its Times: Profiles of 300 Notable Literary Works and the Historical Events that Influenced Them

Topics:

The New Deal
Dust Bowl
Migration and Demographic Shifts
Prohibition/Organized Syndicates
Radio--Political Influence or Popular Entertainment
Popular Movies--Horror/Science Fiction/Crime/Detective
Sports & Sports Heroes--Golf; Tennis; Baseball;Football
Art Trends
Photography/Photographers
Music/Musicians
Education
Fads
Inventions/Applicances/Consumer Products
Style/Fashion
Science/Technology/Medical
Issues Related to Race: KKK; Lynching; Scottsboro Trials
History / Geography of Alabama
Polictics in Alabama in the 1930's