Charleston and the Great Depression: A Documentary History, 1929-1941

A chronicle of perseverance and hope in the face of economic crises and political change

Charleston and the Great Depression tells many stories of the city during the 1930s—an era of tremendous want, hope, and change—through a collection of forty annotated primary documents. Included are letters, personal accounts, organizational reports, meeting minutes, speeches, photographs, oral history excerpts, and trial transcripts. Together they reveal the various ways in which ordinary lowcountry re...