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Hard Times : Economic Depressions in America.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Blue Ridge Summit : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (235 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781442253247
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Hard TimesDDC classification:
  • 338.5/42
LOC classification:
  • HB3743 .S887 2018
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Hard Times -- Economic Depressions in America -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Hard Times from Colonial to Postrevolutionary America -- 2 Hard Times and the Financial Panics of 1819 and 1837 -- 3 The Panics of 1873 and 1893-And Hard Times in Between -- 4 Depressions and Policy Disputes in America, Circa 1720-1928 -- 5 The Onset of the Great Depression -- 6 The Early New Deal and the Depression -- 7 1934-A Year of Fear and Rage in America -- 8 The Politics of Class Conflict During 1935 and 1936 -- 9 Recovery and Recession, 1937-1939 -- 10 The Great Depression and American Culture in the 1930s -- 11 How the Great Depression Ended -- 12 The Revolt Against Keynes -- 13 The Great Recession -- A Note on Sources -- Index -- About the Author.
Summary: Hard Times presents a comprehensive account of economic depressions in America, from colonial times to the "great recession" that began in 2008. Striner conveys how Americans have always endured and rebounded from hard times, emerging as a stronger nation in the aftermath of each downturn.
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Intro -- Hard Times -- Economic Depressions in America -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Hard Times from Colonial to Postrevolutionary America -- 2 Hard Times and the Financial Panics of 1819 and 1837 -- 3 The Panics of 1873 and 1893-And Hard Times in Between -- 4 Depressions and Policy Disputes in America, Circa 1720-1928 -- 5 The Onset of the Great Depression -- 6 The Early New Deal and the Depression -- 7 1934-A Year of Fear and Rage in America -- 8 The Politics of Class Conflict During 1935 and 1936 -- 9 Recovery and Recession, 1937-1939 -- 10 The Great Depression and American Culture in the 1930s -- 11 How the Great Depression Ended -- 12 The Revolt Against Keynes -- 13 The Great Recession -- A Note on Sources -- Index -- About the Author.

Hard Times presents a comprehensive account of economic depressions in America, from colonial times to the "great recession" that began in 2008. Striner conveys how Americans have always endured and rebounded from hard times, emerging as a stronger nation in the aftermath of each downturn.

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