political aspects of the great depression. but what i want to do today is to show that the great depression is a big event and has influences and consequences that go beyond just politics and go beyond just the stock market crash and the economic woes. and i m going to try to spend our time divide evenly among these three aspects of american culture in the 1930s. how does it affect the family. and, again, probably you do and even i do sometimes, we just think oh, the family is static throughout history. it never changes. but if you stop and think about it, even in american history, the nature of the family is going to change, and it s going to change rather dramatically in the 1930s. the role that religion plays in american history is going to vary from decade to decade, from different eras to different eras. and there is a surprising development in religion during the 1930s, which some would relate to the great depression. also in american history, and we have touched on thi
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here that something quite dramatic could happen. narrator: but how far will the dictator go to hold on to power? if a government is willing to kill as many people as necessary to stay in power, it usually stays in power for a very long time. narrator: tonight, frontline takes you inside the secret state of north korea. frontlinis made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. and by the corporation for public broadcasting. major support for frontliis provided by the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. more information is available at macfound.org. additional support is provided by the park foundation, dedicated to heightening public awareness of critical issues. the john and helen glessner family trust, supporting trustworthy journalism that informs and inspires. and by the frontline journalism fund, with major support from jon and jo ann hagler. and addi
obviously important. we have started our one in our , i think we met last friday, we dealt with the new deal. we have talked about the aspects and political of the great depression. but what i want to do today is to show that the great depression is a big event and has influences and consequences and go beyond just politics the stock market crash. i will try to spend our time divided evenly among these three aspects of american culture in the 1930 s. how does it affect the family? and again probably you and i think the family is just static throughout history. never changes. but if you stop and think about it, even in american history, the nature of the family is going to change. it will change rather dramatically in the 1930 s. the role that religion plays in american history is going to var y from the good from decades. there is a surprising development in religion during the 1930 s that somewhat relate to the great depression. , and weamerican history will continue to lo
university professor kroll abrams teaches a class on american culture during the great depression. he describes changes to family life the role of religion and the rise of hollywood films. he also talks about new deal programs such as the civilian conservation corps and social security. this class is about 50 minutes. prof. abrams: we have talked about big events in our survey of history, and they are obviously important. we have started our one in our last class, i think we met last friday, we dealt with the new deal. we have talked about the economic and political aspects of the great depression. but what i want to do today is to show that the great depression is a big event and has influences and consequences that go beyond just politics and the stock market crash. i will try to spend our time divided evenly among these three aspects of american culture in the 1930 s. how does it affect the family? and again probably you and i think the family is just static throughout his