The panic of 1819 : the first great depression

The Resource The panic of 1819 : the first great depression

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The panic of 1819 : the first great depression

Title remainder

the first great depression

Statement of responsibility

Andrew H. Browning

Language

eng

Summary

"The Panic of 1819 tells the story of the first nationwide economic collapse to strike the United States. Much more than a banking crisis or real estate bubble, the Panic was the culmination of an economic wave that rolled through the United States, forming before the War of 1812, cresting with the land and cotton boom of 1818, and crashing just as the nation confronted the crisis over slavery in Missouri. The Panic introduced Americans to the new phenomenon of boom and bust, changed the country's attitudes towards wealth and poverty, spurred the political movement that became Jacksonian Democracy, and helped create the sectional divide that would lead to the Civil War. Although it stands as one of the turning points of American history, few Americans today have heard of the Panic of 1819, with the result that we continue to ignore its lessons--and repeat its mistakes."--EBSCO

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DLC

Dewey number

330.973/054

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maps

Index

index present

LC call number

HB3717 1819

LC item number

.B76 2019

Literary form

non fiction

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dictionaries
bibliography

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