Of mice and Men (1937)
Great Depression
Author: John Steinbeck
Duration: a decade, from1929 to 1939
Began after the stock market crash of October 1929
*born on february 27th 1902 Salinas
Decided to become a writer at 14
the longest, deepest, and most widespread depression of 20th century
commontly used as an example of how intesely the global economy can decline
U.S catastrophic economic downturn in the history of the industrialized world
severe world wide economic depression
Era
between two wars
American realistic author
*Awards and honor:
-Nobel prize (1962)
-National book awards (1940)
-Pulitzer prize (1940)
*Jobs: -Construction worker -Newspaper reporter -Caretaker
- 33 books include 16 novels, 6 non-fiction, 2 collections of short stories, 1 book co-authored with Ricketts
John Ernst Steinbeck
Steinback masterpiece: The Grape of Wrath (1939)
his death: 1968 heart ddisease at NYC
wives
1st Carol Henning
2nd Gwydolyn Conger
3rd Elame Anderson
Dust Bowl
Environmental phenomenon
Lasted nearly a decade (from 1913 to 1939)
Also known as “the Dirty Thirties”
Started in 1930 and lasted for about a decade
African Americans in the Great Depression
One-fifth of all Americans receiving federal relief during the Great Depression were black, most in the rural South. But farm and domestic work, two major sectors in which blacks were employed, were not included in the 1935 Social Security Act, meaning there was no safety net in times of uncertainty. Rather than fire domestic help, private employers could simply pay them less without legal repercussions. And those relief programs for which blacks were eligible on paper were rife with discrimination in practice, since all relief programs were administered locally.
