This study was conducted in 1930 in Austria during the depression, and examines the prolonged effects of unemployment on workers. It combines statistical data, case studies, historical background and reports to offer an insight into how creative innovations can assist in overcoming deprivation.

Marie Jahoda, Paul F. Lazarsfeld, Hans Zeisel

INTRODUCTION TO THE TRANSACTION EDITION, FOREWORD TO THE AMERICAN EDITION Forty Years Later, I. Introduction, 2. The Industrial Village, 3. The Living Standard, 4. Menus and Budgets, 5. A Weary Community, 6. Response to Deprivation, 7. The Meaning of Time, 8. Fading Resilience, AFTERWORD, Toward a History of Sociography, Index