A nation of deadbeats : an uncommon history of America's financial disasters / Scott Reynolds Nelson.

Author/creator Nelson, Scott Reynolds
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoNew York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2012.
Descriptionxvi, 330 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subjects

Contents Duer's disgrace -- A botanizing excursion -- Monkey jackets, the uncorked Mississippi, and the birth of caterpillar banks -- The second bank, the monkey jacket war, and Tenskwatawa's revenge -- The politics of panic, the economics of rags -- Leviathan -- Of swamps and calculus -- Ceres Americana -- A storm of wheat -- Crosses of gold -- Who put the roar in the Roaring Twenties? -- Conclusions, conclusions.
Abstract A history of financial crashes in the United States offers concise explanations of little-understood principles about consumer debt that were at the core of each recession, recounting lending practices and schemes that triggered large-scale crashes and controversies.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 259-319) and index.
LCCN 2012025264
ISBN9780307272690
ISBN0307272699

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks HB3743 .N45 2012 ✔ Available Place Hold