The Banking Panics of the Great Depression

by Elmus Wicker

Overview

This is the first full-length study of five U.S. banking panics of the Great Depression. Professor Wicker reconstructs a close historical narrative of each of the disturbances, investigating their origins, magnitude and effects, and he reappraises the role of Federal Reserve officials in the panics. His findings challenge many of the commonly-held assumptions about the events of 1930 and 1931, and will be of wide interest to students of the Great Depression, monetary and financial historians, financial and macroeconomists.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521562614
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	08/01/1996
Series:	Studies in Macroeconomic History
Pages:	196
Product dimensions:	6.26(w) x 9.29(h) x 0.91(d)

Table of Contents

1. The Banking Situation in the United States, 1921–33.

Editorial Reviews

"This book is an important contribution to our understanding of the interactions between the banking system and the course of the Great Depression, and it should inspire more detailed investigations of other banking crises to determine whether the lack of contagion was peculiar to the 1930s." John H. Wood, H-Net Reviews

"This book is an important contribution to our understanding of the interactions between the banking system and the course of the Great Depression, and it should inspire more detailed investigations of other banking crises to determine whether the lack of contagion was peculiar to the 1930's." John H. Wood, EH.NET BOOK Review

"Wicker's book is a valuable addition." Robert Whaples, H-Net Reviews

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