An intimate portrait of the Great Depression of the 1930′s with scholarly and upbeat comparison to today’s Great Recession. An intimate portrait of the Great Depression of the 1930′s with scholarly and upbeat comparison to today’s Great Recession. An intimate portrait of the Great Depression of the 1930′s with scholarly and upbeat comparison to today’s Great Recession. An intimate portrait of the Great Depression of the 1930′s with scholarly and upbeat comparison to today’s Great Recession.