BERTON, PIERRE

THE GREAT DEPRESSION 1929-1939 - Random House 2001 - - .



Over 1.5 million Canadians were on relief, one in five was a public defendant, and 70,000 young men travelled like hoboes. Ordinary citizens were rioting in the streets, but their demonstrations met with indifference, and dissidents were jailed. Canada emerged from the Great Depression a different nation.

ISBN: 0-385-65843-5

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Canda--Economic conditions
Depression--Canada