Title: Phantom of fear
Description: "This narrative history recounts and explains the economic, financial and political backgrounds of the banking panic, arguing that the holiday was not only unnecessary but actually damaging to the economy. The holiday did, however, provide Roosevelt with the momentum to push through a series of historic reforms that remade the federal government"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Politics and government, Economic conditions, Banks and banking, History, Banks and banking, united states, Bank failures, Financial crises, United states, economic conditions, 20th century
Places: United States
People: Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945)
Time periods: 20th century, 1933-1945, 1918-1945, 1929-1933