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The Banking Crisis of 1933

The Banking Crisis of 1933 - Paperback

by Susan Estabrook Kennedy
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Availability:In StockContributor:Susan Estabrook KennedyPublish date:2014-07-15Pages:280
Language:EnglishPublisher:University Press of KentuckyISBN-13:9780813152912ISBN-10:813152917UPC:9780813152912Book Category:Business & Economics, HistoryBook Subcategory:Economic History, Banks & Banking, United StatesBook Topic:20th CenturySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.64 inchesWeight:0.9215Product ID:SCPYM6ZHAQ
On March 6, 1933, Franklin D. Roosevelt, less than forty-eight hours after becoming president, ordered the suspension of all banking facilities in the United States. How the nation had reached such a desperate situation and how it responded to the banking ""holiday"" are examined in this book, the first full-length study of the crisis. Although the 1920s had witnessed a wave of bank failures, the situation worsened after the 1929 stock market crash, and by the winter of 1932-1933, complete bankin
Language:EnglishPublisher:University Press of KentuckyISBN-13:9780813152912ISBN-10:813152917UPC:9780813152912Book Category:Business & Economics, HistoryBook Subcategory:Economic History, Banks & Banking, United StatesBook Topic:20th CenturySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.64 inchesWeight:0.9215Product ID:SCPYM6ZHAQ

Susan Estabrook Kennedy is assistant professor of history at Temple University in Philadelphia.


Publisher: University Press of Kentucky

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