Decade of Despair: Winnebago County During the Great

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Decade of Despair: Winnebago County During the Great Depression, 1929-1939

In this insightful study, Braatz and Rowland examine how Wisconsin's Winnebago County negotiated nagging issues such as unemployment, debt relief, and sluggish industry during the Great Depression, while attempting to understand the effect these times had on the people who called the county home. In the fall of 1929, the Great Depression descended hard upon Winnebago County. Although the county suffered debilitating effects from the economic collapse, the pain was not evenly distributed amongst this largely industrial region in the southern Fox Valley. At the northern edge of Winnebago County, the cities Neenah and Menasha, driven by the paper industry, suffered far less than Oshkosh, a city greatly reliant upon the woodworking mills lining the Fox River. When new housing disappeared, demand for Oshkosh's doors and window sashes went with it_and the jobs were quick to follow. The searing hardships caused by the Great Depression ravaged the economy and social fabric of the Winnebago County community.
Country USA
Brand University Press of America
Manufacturer University Press of America
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 0761846409_used
ReleaseDate 2009-07-16
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780761846406

Country	USA
Brand	University Press of America
Manufacturer	University Press of America
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	0761846409_used
ReleaseDate	2009-07-16
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780761846406

Decade of Despair: Winnebago County During the Great Depression, 1929-1939

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