Background
McElvaine, Robert Stuart was born on January 24, 1947 in East Brunswick, New Jersey, United States. Son of Edward and Ruth Ludewig McElvaine.
(One of the classic studies of the Great Depression, featu...)
One of the classic studies of the Great Depression, featuring a new introduction by the author with insights into the economic crises of 1929 and today. In the twenty-five years since its publication, critics and scholars have praised historian Robert McElvaine’s sweeping and authoritative history of the Great Depression as one of the best and most readable studies of the era. Combining clear-eyed insight into the machinations of politicians and economists who struggled to revive the battered economy, personal stories from the average people who were hardest hit by an economic crisis beyond their control, and an evocative depiction of the popular culture of the decade, McElvaine paints an epic picture of an America brought to its knees—but also brought together by people’s widely shared plight. In a new introduction, McElvaine draws striking parallels between the roots of the Great Depression and the economic meltdown that followed in the wake of the credit crisis of 2008. He also examines the resurgence of anti-regulation free market ideology, beginning in the Reagan era, and argues that some economists and politicians revised history and ignored the lessons of the Depression era.
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McElvaine, Robert Stuart was born on January 24, 1947 in East Brunswick, New Jersey, United States. Son of Edward and Ruth Ludewig McElvaine.
Bachelor, Rutgers University, 1968. Master of Arts in History, State University of New York, Binghamton, 1971. Doctor of Philosophy, State University of New York, 1974.
Assistant professor history Millsaps College, Jackson, Mississippi, 1973—1979, associate professor history, 1979—1984, professor history, since 1984, Elizabeth Chisholm professor arts & letters, since 1988. Consultant Public Broadcasting Service series, Blackside Productions, Boston, 1991—1993. Associate editor, American National Biography Oxford University Press, New York City, 1997—2001.
Editor-in-chief, The Encyclopedia of the Great Depression Macmillan Reference United States of America, 1999—2004.
(One of the classic studies of the Great Depression, featu...)
Member of American Association of University Professors, Organization American Historians, American History Association.
Married Anne Therese Lee, August 24, 1968. Children: Kerri Anne, Lauren Lee Itzkowitz, Allison Therese, Brett Edward.