Author Andrew Ross Sorkin, skilled at writing about America’s financial history, tackles the Great Depression in his new book ...

Andrew Ross Sorkin's "1929" is already a bestseller. Many who read this book will look for parallels to today.

— -- The financial crisis has made Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's book Essays on the Great Depression a hot seller — at least by academic standards. Princeton University Press has sold ...

Every generation has a catalog of books they read, either while growing up or while attending school. Many books are essential reading for generations. These particular classics that all Baby Boomers ...

A new book by the Montana Historical Society Press finds inspiration for the human spirit amidst the depression of hard times. "Hope in Hard Times: New Deal Photographs of Montana, 1936-1942" provides ...

This transcript has been edited for length and clarity. Maximilian Alvarez: It is a true honor to be in conversation with the great Dana Frank, whose CV runs a mile long. But I just wanted to ...

A Works Progress Administration study conducted during the latter years of the Great Depression found that Lancaster County’s Old Order Amish comprised the most economically and culturally stable ...

The Great Depression (1929-1939) was one of the hardest economic periods in American history. With unemployment reaching 25%, ...