A nation of deadbeats : an uncommon history of America's financial disasters / Scott Reynolds 338.5/42.
By: Nelson, Scott Reynolds
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TextPublisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2012Edition: 1st ed.Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-319) and index.Description: xvi, 330 p., [12] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9780307272690; 0307272699.Subject(s): Financial crises -- United States -- History | Recessions -- United States -- History | Depressions -- History | United States -- Economic conditionsDDC classification: 338.5/42 | Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Two Weeks | Davenport Library Circulating Collection | Print-Circulating | 338.542 N337 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 34284003137890 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-319) and index.
Duer's disgrace -- A botanizing excursion -- Monkey jackets, the uncorked Mississippi, and the birth of caterpillar banks -- The second bank, the monkey jacket war, and Tenskwatawa's revenge -- The politics of panic, the economics of rags -- Leviathan -- Of swamps and calculus -- Ceres Americana -- A storm of wheat -- Crosses of gold -- Who put the roar in the Roaring Twenties? -- Conclusions, conclusions.
A history of financial crashes in the United States offers concise explanations of little-understood principles about consumer debt that were at the core of each recession, recounting lending practices and schemes that triggered large-scale crashes and controversies.
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