Hard Times (eBook)

Economic Depressions in America

Richard Striner (Autor)

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2018
232 Seiten
Rowman & Littlefield (Verlag)
978-1-4422-5324-7 (ISBN)

Infos

Hard Times presents a comprehensive account of economic depressions in America, from colonial times to the “great recession” that began in 2008. Striner conveys how Americans have always endured and rebounded from hard times, emerging as a stronger nation in the aftermath of each downturn.

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Hard Times presents a comprehensive account of economic depressions in America, from colonial times to the ';great recession' that began in 2008. Written in crisp prose for a general audience, the book synthesizes a narrative accountpresenting the known facts about how particular depressions started, the effects upon people in different walks of life, the policy debates about what (if anything) to do in order to ameliorate the situation, and how these depressions endedwith analytical commentary on the economic patterns underlying and transcending depressions and the debates among economists and policymakers in regard to their causes. While these economic downturns have created suffering and hardship, Striner also conveys how Americans have always endured and rebounded from hard times.

Autor

Richard Striner is professor of history at Washington College and the author of Woodrow Wilson and World War I: A Burden too Great to Bear (2014) and Lincoln’s Way: How Six Great Presidents Created American Power (2010), a History Book Club selection, as well as Father Abraham: Lincoln’s Relentless Struggle to End Slavery (2006).

Inhalt

PrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter 1: Hard Times from Colonial to Postrevolutionary AmericaChapter 2: Hard Times and the Financial Panics of 1819 and 1837Chapter 3: The Panics of 1873 and 1893–And Hard Times in BetweenChapter 4: Depressions and Policy Disputes in America, Circa 1720–1928Chapter 5: The Onset of the Great DepressionChapter 6: The Early New Deal and the DepressionChapter 7: 1934–A Year of Fear and Rage in AmericaChapter 8: The Politics of Class Conflict During 1935 and 1936Chapter 9: Recovery and Recession, 1937–1939Chapter 10: The Great Depression and American Culture in the 1930sChapter 11: How the Great Depression Ended: The Keynesian School of ThoughtChapter 12: The Revolt Against KeynesChapter 13: The Great RecessionA Note on SourcesIndexAbout the Author

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.8.2018
• Reihe/Serie: American Ways
• Zusatzinfo: 11 Illustrations including: - 11 Halftones, Black & White including Black & White Photographs.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Finanzwissenschaft
• Schlagworte: class conflict • Great Depression • Keynes • keynesian school of thought • Panic of 1873 • Panic of 1893 • post-revolution • Recession • The New Deal
• ISBN-10: 1-4422-5324-X / 144225324X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4422-5324-7 / 9781442253247