Hard times
Subtitle: economic depressions in America
By: Richard Striner
Series: The American ways series; American ways series
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9781442253230
Subjects: Economic conditions; History; Depressions; Business cycles; Financial crises
Description: "Presents a comprehensive account of economic depressions in America from colonial times to the "Great Recession" that began in 2008." --Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Hard times from colonial to postrevolutionary America; title: Hard times and the financial panics of 1819 and 1837; title: The panics of 1873 and 1893, and hard times in between; title: Depressions and policy disputes in America, circa 1720-1928; title: The onset of the Great Depression; title: The early New Deal and the Depression; title: 1934, a year of fear and rage in America; title: The politics of class conflict during 1935 and 1936; title: Recovery and recession, 1937-1939; title: The Great Depression and American culture in the 1930s; title: How the Great Depression ended: the Keynesian school of thought; title: The revolt against Keynes; title: The Great Recession.