TY - BOOK AU - Galbraith, John Kenneth TI - The great crash of 1929 SN - 9780141038254 U1 - 338.540973 PY - 2009/// CY - London PB - Penguin Books Ltd. KW - Depressions KW - United States KW - Stock Market Crash N2 - The Great Crash 1929 examines the causes, effects, aftermath and long-term consequences of America's infamous financial meltdown, showing how rampant speculation and blind optimism sustained a market mania, and led to its terrible downward spiral. Galbraith also describes the people and the corporations at the heart of the financial community, and how they were affected by the disaster ER -