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Author Galbraith, John Kenneth, 1908-2006, author

Title The great crash, 1929 / John Kenneth Galbraith ; foreword by James K. Galbraith
Published Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., [2009]
Boston, Massachusetts : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009
© 2009
©2009

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 MELB  338.54 Gal/Gcn 2009  AVAILABLE
Description xvi, 206 pages ; 21 cm
Contents Foreword / James K Galbraith -- Introduction -- Note on sources -- Vision and boundless hope and optimism -- Something should be done? -- In Goldman, Sachs we trust -- Twilight of illusion -- Crash -- Things become more serious -- Aftermath I -- Aftermath II -- Cause and consequence -- Index
Summary Presents a study of the stock market crash of 1929 that reveals the influential role of Wall Street on the economic growth of America
Notes "A Mariner book."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Depressions -- 1929 -- United States.
Stock Market Crash, 1929.
SUBJECT United States -- History http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140130 -- 1929-1933
LC no. 2012392383
ISBN 0547248164 (paperback)
9780547248165 (paperback)
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