Browning, Andrew H.,

The panic of 1819 : the first great depression / Andrew H. Browning. - Columbia : University of Missouri Press, (c)2019. - 1 online resource (x, 439 pages : maps)

Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction -- The legacy of Napoleon: embargo, war, and peace -- Three revolutions: market, transportation, corporation -- Volcano weather -- Alabama fever: "I must go West and plant" -- Bank expansion: "frothy bubbles" -- Bank contraction: "the axe must be applied to the root of the evil" -- Hard times in the East: "a long continuation of distress" -- Hard times in the West: "reflections which almost unmans me" -- Relief? -- The politics of corruption and the corruption of politics -- A house dividing: the Panic of 1819 and the growth of sectionalism.



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Depressions--History--19th century.
Financial crises--History--United States--19th century.


Electronic Books.

HB3717 1819 / .P365 2019