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Wasted years? :
Economic depressions. Australia, 1928-1935 (ANB/PRECIS SIN 0481661) The impact of the Great Depression of the 1930s, its causes and the panaceas; contemporary account of unemployment; statistics on the social and economic impact; bibliography of 800 items. Includes index. Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Contributors -- Introduction / Judy Mackinolty -- 1. Mythology of the depression / Peter Spearritt -- 2. A closed book? The debate on causes / David Clark -- 3. 'The Disinherited of the earth'? / Nadia Wheatley -- 4. Political protest in Wollongong / Len Richardson -- 5. 'An evil long endured' / Sheilah Gray -- 6. Wonthaggi coal strike 1934 / Peter Cochrane -- 7. Woman's place. . . / Judy Mackinolty. 8. Letters to Clare / George Parr -- 9. Anti-political political thought / Peter Loveday -- 10. Non-Labor in South Australia / John Lonie -- 11. Was Queensland different? / Brian Costar -- 12. 'Fools and madmen' / DavidClark -- 13. Depression statistics / Peter Spearritt -- 14. Bibliography / Murray Goot and Patricia Holt -- Endnotes -- Index. 338.5420994 WAS