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Hard times : economic depressions in America / Richard Striner.
Lippincott Library HB3743 .S887 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Striner, Richard, 1950- author.
- Series:
- American ways series
- The American ways series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Depressions--History.
- Depressions.
- History.
- Business cycles--United States--History.
- Business cycles.
- Financial crises--United States--History.
- Financial crises.
- United States--Economic conditions.
- United States.
- Economic conditions.
- Economic history.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 216 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2018]
- Summary:
- "Presents a comprehensive account of economic depressions in America from colonial times to the "Great Recession" that began in 2008." --Jacket.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Hard times from colonial to postrevolutionary America
- Hard times and the financial panics of 1819 and 1837
- The panics of 1873 and 1893, and hard times in between
- Depressions and policy disputes in America, circa 1720-1928
- The onset of the Great Depression
- The early New Deal and the Depression
- 1934, a year of fear and rage in America
- The politics of class conflict during 1935 and 1936
- Recovery and recession, 1937-1939
- The Great Depression and American culture in the 1930s
- How the Great Depression ended: the Keynesian school of thought
- The revolt against Keynes
- The Great Recession.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Striner, Richard, 1950- Hard times.
- ISBN:
- 9781442253230
- 1442253231
- OCLC:
- 1014051622
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