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1929 : the year of the great crash / William K. Klingaman.

Summary:

The author captures all the drama of the economic events and shows how the entire world was experiencing a year of crisis.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0060160810
  • ISBN: 9780060160814
  • Physical Description: xvii, 393 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York : Harper & Row, [1989]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes index.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-376) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Prologue: A glimpse of hell -- Part one. Vanity -- November 6, 1928: Election Day -- Bitter days of winter -- Dawn of a new year -- Other people's money -- A noble order of ostriches -- Enter the Fed -- The spider in the center of the web -- Part two. Greed -- The perils of prosperity -- The inescapable legacy of war -- The business of politics -- In the twilight palace -- Assault from the left -- Everybody ought to be rich -- Part three. Destruction -- From the smart to the dumb -- The storm breaks -- In the eye of the hurricane -- Smashup -- Aftermath -- Part four. Despair -- Into the abyss -- The death of dreams -- Epilogue.
Subject: Depressions > 1929 > United States.
Economic history > 1918-1945.
Stock Market Crash, 1929.
United States > Economic conditions > 1918-1945.

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