stock market crash, 1929

". . . explains the causes and effects of the [Stock Market Crash of 1929], and how changes were put in place to prevent such a devastating event from happening again"--OCLC.

Twenty-year-old Honora Beecher, married to Sexton in 1929 after a three-month courtship, comes to realize that her husband is not trustworthy and finds herself increasingly drawn to McDermott, a principled loom fixer at a nearby mill where Sexton has been forced to take employment after losing his job due to the stock market crash.

Demonstrates how the American economy emerges in patterns of "irrationally exuberant" highs which lead to painful lows, providing examples of the worst practices and circumstances, and discusses market mechanisms, popular pressures, and the workings or failings of regulation.

The Great Depression began when the never-ending party of the Roaring Twenties came to a sudden half. On October 29, 1929, which became known as (3z(BBlack Tuesday,(3y (Bthe stock market crashed, starting a downward economic slide.

Collects five episodes of "American Experience" that examine historical and significant events from the 1930s, covering the stock market crash of 1929, the Civilian Conservation Corps, the construction of the Hoover Dam, the Dust Bowl, and Seabiscuit.

Analyzes the 1929 collapse of the stock market discussing the ways financiers and bankers ignored reality and therefore encouraged the crash.

A comprehensive review of the events, personalities, and mistakes behind the Stock Market Crash of 1929, featuring photographs, newspaper articles, and cartoons of the day.

Chronicles the events surrounding the stock market crash of 1929, discussing how it affected both American and world economy and culture.

Offers a brief overview of the events surrounding the Stock Market crash of 1929, which lead to the Great Depression.