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The Great Depression across the globe, Explained
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SOURCES:
Great Depression summaries:
- britannica.com/event/Great-Depression
- pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/dustbowl-great-depression
- investopedia.com/terms/g/great_depression.asp

The United Stated of America and the Great Depression:
britannica.com/event/Great-Depression/Political-movements-and-social-change
encyclopedia.com/history/united-states-and-canada/us-history/great-depression
https://herb.ashp.cuny.edu/items/show/1510
statista.com/statistics/103167

Latin America and the Great Depression:
encyclopedia.com/economics/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/latin-america-great-depression
https://www.econstor.eu/bitstream/10419/160270/1/cdp344.pdf
researchgate.net/publication/318516702_The_Great_Depression_in_Latin_America
econlib.org/library/Columns/y2009/Martinezgreatdepression.html

Europe during the Great Depression:
encyclopedia.com/economics/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/europe-great-depression
eh.net/book_reviews/the-great-depression-in-europe-1929-1939
britannica.com/place/Balkans/The-Great-Depression

Africa and the Great Depression:
encyclopedia.com/economics/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/africa-great-depression
omniatlas.com/maps/sub-saharan-africa/19310417/#event-3541 (The best source I could find on Liberia… but all sources say the exact same thing. So I chose to trust this information)

Map of Africa 1928-1929 (very pretty)
arthur-conan-doyle.com/images/4/4f/Map-sacd-tour-of-africa-1928-1929.jpg

Asia and the Great Depression:
sup.org/books/extra/?id=21652&i=Excerpt%20from%20Chapter%206.html
encyclopedia.com/economics/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/asia-great-depression
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/482884/pdf
eastasianbusinesshistory.wordpress.com/tag/great-depression
sup.org/books/extra/?id=21652&i=Excerpt%20from%20Chapter%206.html

Other colonies and the Great Depression:
https://www.nma.gov.au/defining-moments/resources/great-depression
sites.tepapa.govt.nz/sliceofheaven/web/html/greatdepression-2.html
encyclopedia.com/economics/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/australia-and-new-zealand-great-depression

Japan and the Great Depression:
boj.or.jp/en/research/wps_rev/rev_2009/data/rev09e02.pdf
eh.net/eha/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/ShibamotoShizume.pdf

Explanation of dividends:
londonstockexchange.com/traders-and-brokers/private-investors/private-investors/about-share/why-invest-shares/why-invest-shares.htm

What African towns looked like during the Great Depression:
youtube.com/watch?v=7OaR9lTIVxg

Other sources:
economist.com/free-exchange/2013/11/08/what-can-we-learn-from-the-depression
macrotrends.net/1470/historical-silver-prices-100-year-chart
macrotrends.net/1319/dow-jones-100-year-historical-chart