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From market memoirs, newspapers, financial journals, and Congressional records, the author has woven a narrative describing the political, social, and economic adjustment of the American people to the speculative machinery that developed between 1868 and the New Deal. The book begins with the struggle of Populist legislators, representing stable fa



Table of Contents
*Frontmatter, pg. i*Preface, pg. v*Contents, pg. vii*1. Agrarians and Commodity Speculators, pg. 1*2. Financial Reformers and Progressives, pg. 25*3. World War I and the Growth of Speculation, pg. 75*4. The Twenties: "Sons of the Wild Jackass", pg. 127*5. The Twenties: Bulls, Bears, and Commentators, pg. 155*6. After the 1929 Crash: Investigation, Compromise, Reform, pg. 194*7. Conclusion, pg. 258*Appendix, pg. 272*Bibliography, pg. 274*Index, pg. 285

Populists Plungers and Progressives A Social

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      Publisher: Princeton University Press
      Publication Date: 08/12/2015
      ISBN13: 9780691621999, 978-0691621999
      ISBN10: 0691621993

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      From market memoirs, newspapers, financial journals, and Congressional records, the author has woven a narrative describing the political, social, and economic adjustment of the American people to the speculative machinery that developed between 1868 and the New Deal. The book begins with the struggle of Populist legislators, representing stable fa



      Table of Contents
      *Frontmatter, pg. i*Preface, pg. v*Contents, pg. vii*1. Agrarians and Commodity Speculators, pg. 1*2. Financial Reformers and Progressives, pg. 25*3. World War I and the Growth of Speculation, pg. 75*4. The Twenties: "Sons of the Wild Jackass", pg. 127*5. The Twenties: Bulls, Bears, and Commentators, pg. 155*6. After the 1929 Crash: Investigation, Compromise, Reform, pg. 194*7. Conclusion, pg. 258*Appendix, pg. 272*Bibliography, pg. 274*Index, pg. 285

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