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Author:

Browning, Andrew H., author.

Title:

The panic of 1819 : the first great depression / Andrew H. Browning.

Publisher:

University of Missouri Press,

Copyright Date:

2019

Description:

x, 439 pages ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Depressions--History--19th century.
Financial crises--United States--History--19th century.
United States--Economic conditions--To 1865.
United States--Economic policy--To 1933.
Depressions.
Economic history.
Economic policy.
Financial crises.
United States.
To 1933
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction -- The legacy of Napoleon: embargo, war, and peace -- Three revolutions: market, transportation, corporation -- Volcano weather -- Alabama fever: "I must go West and plant" -- Bank expansion: "frothy bubbles" -- Bank contraction: "the axe must be applied to the root of the evil" -- Hard times in the East: "a long continuation of distress" -- Hard times in the West: "reflections which almost unmans me" -- Relief? -- The politics of corruption and the corruption of politics -- A house dividing: the Panic of 1819 and the growth of sectionalism.

Series:

Studies in constitutional democracy

ISBN:

0826221831
9780826221834

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1052904398

LCCN:

2018043079

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)