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Populists, Plungers, and Progressives : A Social History of Stock and Commodity Speculation, 1868-1932 /

From market memoirs, newspapers, financial journals, and Congressional records, the author has woven a narrative describing the political, social, and economic adjustment of the American people to the speculative machinery that developed between 1868 and the New Deal. The book begins with the strugg...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Cowing, Cedric B. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1965.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • 1. Agrarians and Commodity Speculators
  • 2. Financial Reformers and Progressives
  • 3. World War I and the Growth of Speculation
  • 4. The Twenties: "Sons of the Wild Jackass"
  • 5. The Twenties: Bulls, Bears, and Commentators
  • 6. After the 1929 Crash: Investigation, Compromise, Reform
  • 7. Conclusion
  • Appendix
  • Bibliography
  • Index