| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 345 pages) : illustrations, facsimiles, portraits |
| Series |
Pivotal moments in American history |
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Pivotal moments in American history.
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| Contents |
Editors' Note; Introduction: The Crash as Historical Problem; Prologue: The Summer of Fun, 1929; 1 America the Bountiful; 2 The Club and the Street; 3 Plungers and Politicians; 4 The Birth of the Bull; 5 The Good Life; 6 The New Era; 7 The Culture of Greed; 8 Makin' Whoopee; 9 The Fall Follies; 10 Rainbow's End; 11 Over the Rainbow; Epilogue: The Winter of Discontent, 1930; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Acknowledgments; Index |
| Summary |
The Crash of '29 is one of the key moments in American, and indeed world history. This narrative historian addresses its effects on both business and society, and recreates the coming together of economic forces culminating in this disaster |
| Notes |
Originally published: 2001 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
New York Stock Exchange -- History
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| SUBJECT |
New York Stock Exchange fast |
| Subject |
Stock Market Crash, 1929.
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Depressions -- 1929 -- United States.
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Depressions
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Economic history
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Economic conditions -- 1918-1945.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140023
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| Subject |
United States
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780195158014 |
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0195158016 |
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