What were the causes of the great depression of 1929-32?

thank you for your help so far, funny enough i had read those two webpages, just after i started this thread =]

anywho, how can i structure this essay;

i was thinking that i could do it from an economicial POV, then a Political POV...what other aspects could I include. and what aspects of the economicial and political pov could i write about

What do you mean Political POV? Do you mean like the Republicans/Harding/Coolidge strong pro-business and self-regulation policies in the 20's that led to the stock bubble?

don't focus too much on the Wall Street Crash because it wasn't the cause of the Depression, it was just the stock market self correcting share prices. you should focus more on the republican government not intervening, overproduction and tariffs that were set up under legislation like the smoot-hawley tariff act etc..

If by that you mean the political causes of the great depression.

I was thinking of comparing factors like political, economical and social...on a national scale and a global or regional scale too.

Do you think that is the best way to structure this essay?

I don't know, It's not my essay.

I think you could start from the politics of the 20's and move on how that shaped the resulting economy of the 20's which led to the Great Depression.

(Hmm. I don't know if your paper is supposed to be US centered. I was just cramming for a test on the subject, but it was for US history.)

cheers thats useful, thanks.

america lending too much money to say....Germany? Dawes Plan anyone?

i dont think it is supposed to be centred on the US, as my module is called 'europe of extremes' although as it is a major player in the causes of the great depression, inclusion of the US rather than centred on the US, can only increase the amount of marks i get, for extended knowledge etc. i think