The Banking Crisis of 1933 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780813152912)

On March 6, 1933, Franklin D. Roosevelt, less than forty-eight hours after becoming president, ordered the suspension of all banking facilities in the United States. How the nation had reached such a desperate situation and how it responded to the banking ""holiday"" are examined in this book, the first full-length study of the crisis. Although the 1920s had witnessed a wave of bank failures, the situation worsened after the 1929 stock market crash, and by the winter of 1932-1933, complete bankin

Author: Susan Estabrook Kennedy
ISBN-10: 0813152917
ISBN-13: 9780813152912
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Language: English
Published: 07/15/2014
Pages: 280
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.92lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.64d