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New Essay Links the Great Depression to Long-Distance Communication
Original: Long-Distance Talkers: The Great Depression Speaks https://www.publicbooks.org/long-distance-talkers-the-great-depressio
Public Books has published 'Long-Distance Talkers: The Great Depression Speaks', an essay examining how the Depression era shaped and was shaped by long-distance communication and telephone labor. The piece, filed under history, labor, and culture, draws fresh attention to the workers who connected a struggling nation and to how economic crisis echoes in today's conversations about work and technology. Early readers on Mastodon have shared it within labor-focused discussions.
Why now: The essay connects Depression-era labor and communication history to current concerns about work and economic hardship.
Public Booksthe Great Depression
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- Long-Distance Talkers: The Great Depression Speaks https://www.publicbooks.org/long-distance-talkers-the-great-depression-speaks/ # History # Labor # Culture · public_books@robot.villas · 3
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