The Great Depression

Its Origins in Acceleraton and Electric Unit Drive

Bernard C Beaudreau Université Laval, Canada

Key Features

• his book provides a gestalt view o the Great epression era, ratonali ing the various events, both be ore and a er, as part o a greater whole • etaphoricall , it connects the dots, and in so doing, provides a comprehensive, convincing account o the events o the 920s and 930s • his book marks the beginning o a new generaton o work, one that seeks to establish links between seemingl unrelated events

Descripton

This book is part of a new generaton of work on the events of the 1920s and 1930s, one that provides a gestalt view of this period. s such, the man events that have untl now been viewed as unrelated, are viewed as parts o a greater whole, namel the introducton o a new power drive technolog in the orm o electric unit drive and its e ects. he oaring wentes, the spectacular growth o the 920s, the Smoot Hawle ari ct, the Stock arket oom and Crash, the decline in investment e penditure, the ensuing depression and the atonal ndustrial ecover ct are all shown to be related.

Author

Bernard C Beaudreau is pro essor o economics at Universit Laval in uebec Cit , Canada. His interests range rom basic economic theor to economic histor , the histor o economic thought, internatonal trade, and consilient science. He has published in Energy Economics, the Canadian Economic Journal, the Journal of Economic Psychology, the Atlantc Economic Journal, and the Internatonal Economic Journal.

February 2023

£85 | HARDCOVER 978-981-126-427-6

Imprint: World Scientfc Publishing Compan

Extent: 284pp

Type: onograph

Main Subject: Economics inance

Sub-Subjects: Histor Economic hought Economic Histor General Economics acroeconomics icroeconomics olitcal Econom ndustrial Engineering

Keywords: Great epression Electric Unit rive cceleraton ailed ransiton Stock arket oom and Crash Smoot Hawle ari ct atonal ndustrial ecover ct

Readership: cademics, researchers undergraduate and graduate students general public, specifcall those with an interest in economic histor and histor in general

• ntroducton

• Literature eview

• Electric Unit rive and nterconnected Power Grids

• ssessing the mpact o Electric Unit rive ased cceleraton on U.S. Productvit and Capacit he Case o the 920s and 930s

• he Smoot Hawle ari ill he epublican Part esponds to Growing E cess Capacit

• Wall Street esponds to the Proposed Higher ari s

• he Stock arket Crash and the Subse uent ecline in nvestment he epression Sets n

• he atonal ndustrial ecover ct s old empt at Closing the Gap

• Wh So Slow he ole o n Going cceleraton in ela ing the ecover

• Summar and Conclusions

Akbar and Birbal

Funnier Stories

Wonder House Books

Descripton

Birbal, an advisor in the court of King Akbar, handles various tricky situatons faced by his ruler using his sharp intellect and humour. ead ook to discover these wi stories rom ndia

February 2023

£9.99 | HARDCOVER 978 98 26 905 9

£6.99 | S C E 978-981-125-681-3

Imprint: WS Educaton Co Pub with Wonder House ooks

Extent: 92pp

Type: Children s Picture ook

Series: kbar and irbal Volume 1

Main Subject: Educaton

Sub-Subjects: Children rom 6 o 2 ears

Keywords: kbar and irbal ughal Empire unn ndia Stories ndia

Readership: Children rom 6 to 2 ears

Akbar and Birbal

Funnier Stories

Wonder House Books

Descripton

Birbal, an advisor in the court of King Akbar, handles various tricky situatons faced by his ruler using his sharp intellect and humour. ead ook 2 to discover these wi stories rom ndia

February 2023

£9.99 | HARDCOVER 978 98 26 908 0

£6.99 | S C E 978 98 25 682 0

Imprint: WS Educaton Co Pub with Wonder House ooks

Extent: 04pp

Type: Children s Picture ook

Series: kbar and irbal Volume 2

Main Subject: Educaton

Sub-Subjects: Children rom 6 o 2 ears

Keywords: kbar and irbal ughal Empire unn ndia Stories ndia

Readership: Children rom 6 to 2 ears

Akbar and Birbal

Funnier Stories

Wonder House Books

Descripton

Birbal, an advisor in the court of King Akbar, handles various tricky situatons faced by his ruler using his sharp intellect and humour. ead ook 3 to discover these wi stories rom ndia

February 2023

£9.99 | HARDCOVER 978 98 26 9 0

£6.99 | S C E 978-981-125-683-7

Imprint: WS Educaton Co Pub with Wonder House ooks

Extent: 84pp

Type: Children s Picture ook

Series: kbar and irbal Volume 3

Main Subject: Educaton

Sub-Subjects: Children rom 6 o 2 ears

Keywords: kbar and irbal ughal Empire unn ndia Stories ndia

Readership: Children rom 6 to 2 ears