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The great crash, 1929 / John Kenneth Galbraith ; foreword by James K. Galbraith.

By: Galbraith, John Kenneth, 1908-2006.

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, c2009Description: xvi, 206 p. ; 21 cm.ISBN: 9780141038254 (pbk.).Subject(s): Depressions -- 1929 -- United States | Stock Market Crash, 1929 | Crises économiques -- 1929 -- États-Unis | Krach boursier, 1929 | Börsenkrach <1929> | Great Depression, 1929-1939DDC classification: 338.54 LOC classification: HB3717 1929 | .G32 2009Online resources: Publisher description | Table of contents | Contributor biographical information

Contents:

Foreword / James K. Galbraith -- Introduction -- A note on sources -- "Vision and boundless hope and optimism" -- Something should be done? -- In Goldman, Sachs we trust -- The twilight of illusion -- The Crash -- Things become more serious -- Aftermath I -- Aftermath II -- Cause and consequence.

Summary: Presents a study of the stock market crash of 1929 that reveals the influential role of Wall Street on the economic growth of America.

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"A Mariner book."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Presents a study of the stock market crash of 1929 that reveals the influential role of Wall Street on the economic growth of America.

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