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Panic on Wall Street: A History of America's Financial Disasters

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The financial panics analyzed in this book illustrate the complexity of such events & that the causes are varied: political, military, economic, even psychological.
Introduction
William Duer & the panic of 1792
The crisis of Jacksonian finances: 1837
The western blizzard of 1857
The circus comes to town: 1865-69
Crisis of the gilded age: 1873
Grant's last panic: 1884
Grover Cleveland & the ordeal of 1893-95
The struggle of the titans: the Northern Pacific corner of 1901
The Knickerbocker Trust panic of 1907
The year the stock market closed: 1914
1929: the making of the myth
The Kennedy slide: 1962
Conclusion
A Note on Sources
General Bibliography
Index

Language: English

Pages: 480

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Beard Books

Release: December 19, 1999

ISBN: 1893122468

ISBN 13: 9781893122468

Panic on Wall Street: A History of America's Financial Disasters

4/5 ( ratings)

The financial panics analyzed in this book illustrate the complexity of such events & that the causes are varied: political, military, economic, even psychological.
Introduction
William Duer & the panic of 1792
The crisis of Jacksonian finances: 1837
The western blizzard of 1857
The circus comes to town: 1865-69
Crisis of the gilded age: 1873
Grant's last panic: 1884
Grover Cleveland & the ordeal of 1893-95
The struggle of the titans: the Northern Pacific corner of 1901
The Knickerbocker Trust panic of 1907
The year the stock market closed: 1914
1929: the making of the myth
The Kennedy slide: 1962
Conclusion
A Note on Sources
General Bibliography
Index

Language: English

Pages: 480

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Beard Books

Release: December 19, 1999

ISBN: 1893122468

ISBN 13: 9781893122468

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