"The Crash and Its Aftermath" is an excellent work of reference on the Great Contraction. It will be useful both to people with only a passing curiosity about the Crash and to those for whom the Great Depression is a major scholarly concern. "Business History"

From now on any serious student of the Depression will be obliged to consult this work for a sense of securities price movements, investor attitudes, and relevant contemporary sources. "Journal of Economic History"

This is the first book to focus on the broader structural changes which took place in the financial industry over...