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America's First Great Depression: Economic Crisis and Political Disorder after the Panic of 1837
America's First Great Depression Economic Crisis and Political Disorder after the Panic of 1837
Author: Alasdair Roberts
For a while, it seemed impossible to lose money on real estate. But then the bubble burst. The financial sector was paralyzed and the economy contracted. State and federal governments struggled to pay their domestic and foreign creditors. Washington was incapable of decisive action. The country seethed with political and social unrest. In Americ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780801478864
ISBN-10: 0801478863
Publication Date: 5/14/2013
Pages: 264
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Publisher: Cornell University Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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