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Decades of the 20th Century: The 30s

A selected list of books on the history, music, fashions, politics and events of the decades.

20's -- 30's -- 40's -- 50's -- 60's -- 70's -- 80's

The 30's
261.70971 BAU Baum, Gregory. Catholics and Canadian Socialism: Political Thought in the Thirties and Forties, 1980
306.40904 HAL Hall, Carolyn. The Thirties in Vogue, 1985
330.9710623 MEN Mennill, Paul. The Depression Years: Canada in the 1930's, 1978
335.00971 HOR Horn, Michiel. The League for Social Reconstruction: Intellectual Origins of the Democratic Left in Canada, 1930-1942, 1980
338.54 HOR Horn, Michiel. The Dirty Thirties: Canadians in the Great Depression, 1972
338.540971 BRO Broadfoot, Barry. Ten Lost Years, 1929-1939 : Memories of Canadians Who Survived the Depression, 1973
338.542 ROS Ross, Stewart. Causes and Consequences of the Great Depression, 1998
391.00973 EVE Everyday Fashions of the Thirties: as Pictured in Sears Catalogs, 1986

391.941 RUB

Ruby, Jennifer. The 1920s and 1930s.1992

629.22220973 MOL Moloney, James. Encyclopedia of American Cars, 1930-1942. 1977

645.0941 WAR

Ward, Mary. Home in the Twenties and Thirties, 1978

745.444 BAT
CT
Battersby, Martin. The Decorative Thirties, 1971
759.11 HIL Hill, Charles. Canadian Painting in the Thirties, 1975
781.570943 SCH Schuller, Gunther. The Swing Era: the Development of Jazz, 1930-1945. 1989
791.4309 PAR Parkinson, David. History of Film, 1995
796 DHE Dheensaw, Cleve. The Commonwealth Games: the First 60 Years 1930-1990, 1994
821.91209 TOL Tolley, A.T. The Poetry of the Thirties, 1975
909.823 UNS Unstead, R.J. The Thirties: an Illustrated History in Colour 1930-1939, 1974
940.52 COC Cockburn, Claud. The Devil's Decade: the Thirties. 1973
971.0099 BOW Bowering, George. Egotists and Autocrats: The Prime Ministers of Canada, 1999
971.06 BOT Bothwell, Robert. Canada, 1900-1945, 1987
971.062 THO Thompson, John Herd. Canada 1922-1939: Decades of Discord, 1985
971.062 NEA Neatby, H. Blair. The Politics of Chaos; Canada in the Thirties, 1986
971.0632 STA Stamp, Robert M. The World of Tomorrow: a View of Canada in 1939, 1985
971.202 COM Comstock, Eileen. Sunny Side Up: Fond Memories of Prairie Life in the 1930's. 2001
971.3030922 DIO Berton, Pierre. The Dionne Years: a Thirties Melodrama, 1977
973.91 JEN Jenkins, Alan. The Thirties, 1976
Non-Circulating Items
391.00971 COL
CTR Burlington Collection - ask staff
Collard, Eileen. The Cut and Construction of Women's Dress in the 1930's, 1983
Videos
330.971062 BAL Ballad of Hard Times, 1994
796.357 BAS Fifth Inning: 1930-1940, shadow ball, 1994
909.823 NIN The 1930's: The Music, Memories and Milestones. 1988
971.06 BET Between Two Wars Compilation, 1989
Script Music
781.63 MOR More Songs of the Thirties, 1994
786.63 SON A.V. Songs of the 30's, 1989

Subject Headings - For more information on this topic, please search the library Catalogue under these subject headings.
• Automobile - United States - History
• Canada - Social conditions
• Canada - Politics and government - 1914-1945
• Costume - United States - History - 20th century
• Depressions - 1929 - Canada
• History, modern - 1930
• History, modern - 20th century
• Jazz - 1931-1940

MK/updated August 2008

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