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The many panics of 1837 : people, politics, and the creation of a transatlantic financial crisis

Title
  1. The many panics of 1837 : people, politics, and the creation of a transatlantic financial crisis / Jessica M. Lepler, University of New Hampshire.
Published by
  1. New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Supplementary content
  1. Cover image
Author
  1. Lepler, Jessica M.

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Description
  1. xvii, 337 pages : illustrations, map; 24 cm
Summary
  1. "In the spring of 1837, people panicked as financial and economic uncertainty spread within and between New York, New Orleans and London. Although the period of panic would dramatically influence political, cultural and social history, those who panicked sought to erase from history their experiences of one of America's worst early financial crises. The Many Panics of 1837 reconstructs this period in order to make arguments about the national boundaries of history, the role of information in the economy, the personal and local nature of national and international events, the origins and dissemination of economic ideas, and most importantly, what actually happened in 1837. This riveting transatlantic cultural history, based on archival research on two continents, reveals how people transformed their experiences of financial crisis into the 'Panic of 1837', a single event that would serve as a turning point in American history and an early inspiration for business cycle theory"--
Subject
  1. Financial crises > United States > History > 19th century
  2. United States > Economic conditions > To 1865
  3. Depressions > 1837
Contents
  1. Machine generated contents note: Introduction: the many panics of 1837; 1. A very gamblous affair; 2. The pressure of 1836; 3. Practical economists; 4. Mysterious whispers; 5. The many panics in 1837; 6. Parallel crises; 7. States of suspense; Epilogue: panic-less panics of 1837.
Call number
  1. JBE 13-1658
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Author
  1. Lepler, Jessica M.
Title
  1. The many panics of 1837 : people, politics, and the creation of a transatlantic financial crisis / Jessica M. Lepler, University of New Hampshire.
Publisher
  1. New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Type of content
  1. text
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. volume
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.
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  1. Cover image
LCCN
  1. 2013015877
ISBN
  1. 9780521116534 (hardback)
  2. 0521116538 (hardback)
  3. 9781107640863 (paperback)
  4. 1107640865 (paperback)
Research call number
  1. JBE 13-1658
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