Zusammenfassung der Ressource
of mice and
men history
- 1920 - economy was fab
- lots of jobs avaliable
- people could afford
- high standard of living
- 1929 went bust
- American stock
markets crashed
- 1930 economic depression
- unemployment
- banks collapsing
- life of a travelling farm worker
- farmers could afford to keep land
- lots jobs
- dust bowl
- land was not fertile
- took temp jobs and moved on when work finsihed
- lots of workers migrated to
California hoping for work
- 1920+30 rise of hollywood
- films starts became famous and
world known e.g Charlie chaplin
- made a lot of money
and glamorous life
- 1930 racist
- segregation
- American dream
- john steinback
- worked on ranch while in uni
- lived in
California
(soledad is
in cali)
- great depression
- farmers forced to leave
- had to borrow money from bank
- farm land went like a desert = dust bowl