TY - BOOK AU - Nations,Scott TI - A history of the United States in five crashes: stock market meltdowns that defined a nation SN - 9780062467287 AV - HB 3743 N277h 2018 U1 - 338.542 PY - 2018///] CY - New York, NY PB - William Morrow KW - Financial crises KW - United States KW - History KW - Depressions KW - Recessions KW - Crisis financiera KW - Estados Unidos KW - Historia KW - Recesiones KW - Depresiones KW - Economic conditions KW - Condiciones económicas N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Preface -- Panic : 1907 -- Crash : 1929 -- Black Monday : 1987 -- Meltdown : 2008 -- Flash crash : 2010 -- Epilogue N2 - The Panic of 1907. Black Tuesday (1929). Black Monday (1987). The Great Recession (2008). The Flash Crash (2010). Taken together they tell the story of a nation reaching enormous heights of financial power while experiencing precipitous dips that alter and reset a market where millions of Americans invest their savings, and on which they depend for their futures. Nations blends economic and cultural history to show how each of these major crashes provided painful lessons that have strengthened us and helped us to build the nation we know today. ER -