I wrote a paper on the Great Depression for English last year. The paper goes through the myths surrounding the depression (like how it is natural in capitalism to have business cycles).
You can find the paper here
Here are the amazon links for the books I referenced:
Cayton, Andrew, Elisabeth Isreals Perry, Linda Reid, and Allen M. Winkler.America: Pathways to the Present . 2nd. Pearson Prentice Hall, 2007. Print.
DiLorenzo, Thomas. How Capitalism Saved America . Three Rivers Press, 2005. Print.
Flynn, John T. The Roosevelt Myth . Fox & Wilkes, 1998. Print.
Higgs, Robert. "How FDR Made the Depression Worse." The Free Market 13, Art. 2(1995)
---- "A Reavealing Window on the US Economy in Depression and War: Hours Worked, 1929-
1950."Libertarian Papers 1, Art. 4(2009): Print.
Murphy, Robert. The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Great Depression and the New Deal . Regnery, 2009. Print.
Rothbard, Murray. America's Great Depression . 5th. Ludwig von Mises Institute, 2000. Print.
---- What Has Government Done to Our Money? . Ludwig von Mises Institute, 2008. Print.
---- The Austrian Theory of the Trade Cycle and Other Essays . 2nd. Ludwig von Mises Institute, 1996. Print.
von Mises, Ludwig. Planning For Freedom . The Liberty Fund, 2008. Print.
Woods, Thomas. 33 Questions About American History You're Not Supposed to Ask . Three Rivers Press,
2008. Print.

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