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Democracy in desperation : the depression of 1893 / Douglas Steeples and David O. Whitten.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Steeples, Douglas W.
- Series:
- Contributions in economics and economic history ; no. 199.
- Contributions in economics and economic history, 0084-9235 ; no. 199
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Depressions--1893--United States.
- Depressions.
- United States--Politics and government--1893-1897.
- United States.
- United States--Economic conditions--1865-1918.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Distribution:
- London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024
- Place of Publication:
- Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1998.
- Summary:
- The American depression of 1893 forced the US to change its way of life and plans for the future. This study examines the depression in detail, tracing and interpreting the business contraction of the 1890's in the context of national development.
- Contents:
- Preliminaries; Contents; 1 The Panic in History; 2 Prologue to Panic; 3 Panic; 4 Hard Times Profile of Depression 1893 1897; 5 Recovery A New Economic Order; 6 Social Repercussions; 7 Contemporary Reactions Issues and Opinion; 8 Economic Crisis and Culture; 9 Depression Politics; 10 The Government Response Cleveland Administration; 11 The Government Response McKinley Administration; Epilogue; Selected Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-233) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9798400638961
- 9780313002205
- 0313002207
- OCLC:
- 55140175
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