Amy Bix

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“Amy Bix's fine book, carefully researched and gracefully written, surveys the extent of everyday hardship during the {{w|Great Depression}}. She concentrates on the debates over {{w|technological unemployment}} in the United States, debates that were "entwined with particular musings about the meaning of American history, the western frontier, and a sense of national destiny" (p. 8). She convincingly describes the lives and emotions of employed and unemployed Americans. She also summarizes some of the social research conducted during the depression years.”