The Great Crash
How the Stock Market Crash of 1929 Plunged the World into Depression
$31.72
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
22 February 2022
Summary
This is the story of the financial cataclysm that started with the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929, and set in motion a series of economic, political and social events that affected many millions of people in America, Britain, Europe and Australia.
The Crash rolled across the world like a tidal wave, toppling governments, spreading the wave of dictatorships in Italy and Germany, infecting entire industries and plunging millions into unemployment and poverty. By the time it bega…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349431192 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0349431191 |
| Author: | Selwyn Parker |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Piatkus Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 22 February 2022 |
| Weight: | 233g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 126mm x 26mm |
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A concise, lively study of the Depression - TIME OUTA lively and readable account of the Wall Street Crash of 1929 and the worldwide depression that followed - IRISH TIMES
a concise, lively study of the Depression * TIME OUT *
A lively and readable account of the Wall Street Crash of 1929 and the worldwide depression that followed * IRISH TIMES *
About The Author
Selwyn Parker
A New Zealander by birth, Selwyn Parker has written for a number of international publications including the Sydney Morning Herald, Time magazine and Newsweek. His first book on investment entitled Winners and Losers was published in 1987; he has also written several company histories and an award-winning travel book about France; Chasing the Chimney Sweep.
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