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Autore |
Klein Maury <1939-> |
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Titolo |
Rainbow's end : the crash of 1929 / / Maury Klein |
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Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2003 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-65538-0 |
0-19-803090-8 |
1-60256-703-4 |
0-19-530235-4 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (368 p.) |
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Collana |
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Pivotal moments in American history |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Stock Market Crash, 1929 |
Depressions - 1929 - United States |
United States Economic conditions 1918-1945 |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Originally published: 2001. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliography and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Editors' Note; Introduction: The Crash as Historical Problem; Prologue: The Summer of Fun, 1929; 1 America the Bountiful; 2 The Club and the Street; 3 Plungers and Politicians; 4 The Birth of the Bull; 5 The Good Life; 6 The New Era; 7 The Culture of Greed; 8 Makin' Whoopee; 9 The Fall Follies; 10 Rainbow's End; 11 Over the Rainbow; Epilogue: The Winter of Discontent, 1930; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Acknowledgments; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The Crash of '29 is one of the key moments in American, and indeed world history. This narrative historian addresses its effects on both business and society, and recreates the coming together of economic forces culminating in this disaster. |
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