The first full-length study of five US banking panics of the Great Depression. Previous studies of the Depression have approached the banking panics from a... Læs mere
This was the first major study of post-Civil War banking panics in almost a century. The author re-evaluates the role of the New York Clearing House, concluding that structural defects of the National Banking Act were not the primary cause of the panics.
The first full-length study of five US banking panics of the Great Depression. Previous studies of the Depression have approached the banking panics from a... Læs mere
This was the first major study of post-Civil War banking panics in almost a century. The author re-evaluates the role of the New York Clearing House, concluding that structural defects of the National Banking Act were not the primary cause of the panics.