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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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, New Jersey :
Princeton University Press,
1965.
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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