America's First Great Depression: Economic Crisis and Political Disorder After the Panic of 1837

by Alasdair Roberts

Book Overview

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 America's First Great Depression, Alasdair Roberts describes how the United States dealt with...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801450330
• ISBN13: 9780801450334
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher