ID: 901000748 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000748	Record Type: Event/Narrative

	Great Depression (global economic event, 1929-1939)

Note: Worldwide economic downturn that began in 1929 and lasted until about 1939. It was the longest and most severe depression ever experienced by the industrialized Western world, sparking fundamental changes in economic institutions, macroeconomic policy, and economic theory.

Display Date: 1929-1939

Names:

	Great Depression (global economic event, 1929-1939) (preferred,English-P,D,P)
	Depressions 1929 (global economic event, 1929-1939) (English,U,P)

Hierarchical Position:

		Named Events (P)
		....<Global historical events> (P)
		........Great Depression (global economic event, 1929-1939) (P)

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... depression (economic concept)
	.....(economic concepts, social science concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Great Depression (global economic event, 1929-1939)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	................J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	Depressions 1929 (global economic event, 1929-1939)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) sh 85037058

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)