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Life during the Depression - WJEC Growth of light industries in parts of Britain. The Depression was a traumatic period for many British families. However, some areas surprisingly prospered...
- Causes of the Great Depression
Despite the immediate impact of this event on the US...
- Causes of the Great Depression
The Great Depression, also known as ‘The Slump’ infiltrated every corner of society, affecting people’s lives between 1929 and 1939 and beyond. In Britain, the impact was enormous and led some to refer to this dire economic time as the ‘devil’s decade’.
The Depression was a traumatic period for many British families. However, some areas surprisingly prospered during the 1930s. How were people able to cope with the challenges of the Depression...
Despite the immediate impact of this event on the US economy, many historians have blamed the Great Depression partly on the structural problems of the 1920s. Such problems incuded:
Lighting design emerged as a special field, distinct from architecture, just as lighting engineers diverged from electrical engineers. Lighting and radio were the two electrical products that sold well throughout the Great Depression, justifying continued investment in research.
The Great Depression in the United Kingdom also known as the Great Slump, was a period of national economic downturn in the 1930s, which had its origins in the global Great Depression. It was Britain 's largest and most profound economic depression of the 20th century.
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Design by Decade 1930's. In the midst of the Great Depression, 1930s America was full of contradictions. A climate of uncertainty drew out extremes. A strong desire to escape back to a more traditional past did not dampen hope for a brighter, more exciting future.
