| Description |
1 online resource (280 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Chapter; Acknowledgments; I. PROSPERITY AND DEPRESSION; II. HOOVER'S SOLUTIONS; III. LECTION AND INTERREGNUM; IV. MICHIGAN; V. INVESTIGATION; VI. EXIT HOOVER; VII. ENTER ROOSEVELT; VIII. REOPENING; IX. THE BANKING ACT OF 1933; X. CONCLUSION; Selected Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y |
| Summary |
On March 6, 1933, Franklin D. Roosevelt, less than forty-eight hours after becoming president, ordered the suspension of all banking facilities in the United States. How the nation had reached such a desperate situation and how it responded to the banking ""holiday"" are examined in this book, the first full-length study of the crisis. Although the 1920s had witnessed a wave of bank failures, the situation worsened after the 1929 stock market crash, and by the winter of 1932-1933, complete banking collapse threatened much of the nation. President Hoover's stopgap measures proved totally inadequ |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Banks and banking -- United States.
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Banking law -- United States
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Finance.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Economic Policy.
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Banking law
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Banks and banking
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780813163307 |
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0813163307 |
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