The great crash, 1929 / John Kenneth Galbraith ; foreword by James K. Galbraith.
By: Galbraith, John Kenneth.
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, c2009Description: xvi, 206 p. ; 21 cm.ISBN: 0547248164 (pbk.); 9780547248165 (pbk.).Subject(s): Depressions -- 1929 -- United States | Stock Market Crash, 1929 | Crises économiques -- 1929 -- États-Unis | Krach boursier, 1929 | Börsenkrach <1929> | Great Depression, 1929-1939Genre/Form: Print books.DDC classification: 338.54 Online resources: Table of contents | Contributor biographical information | Publisher description| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| On Shelf | HB3717 1929 .G32 2009 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU0000000001709 |
"A Mariner book."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Presents a study of the stock market crash of 1929 that reveals the influential role of Wall Street on the economic growth of America.