The Great Depression/美国大萧条

The book is divided into fourteen chapters, which present a panoramic view of American social life from the late 1920s to the early 1940s, from the lives of ordinary people, changes in the political elite, the transformation of economic models, and even changes in the ideological and cultural fields, focusing on the causes, formation and development process of the Great Depression and the results it produced. The author observes and describes from various angles of society, depicts small figures active in different industries with meticulous brushstrokes, and connects the history of an era with language like high-definition lenses.

全书分为十四章，从普通人的生活、政治高层的变动、经济模式的转换，以至于思想文化领域的变化，全景式地展现了美国1920年代末到1940年代初的社会生活，重点描述大萧条的原因、形成发展过程和产生的结果。作者从社会的各个角度进行了观察和描述，用细致的笔触刻画一个个活跃在不同行业的小人物，用高清镜头一样的语言串联起一个时代的历史。