1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in History – and How It Shattered a Nation

1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in History – and How It Shattered a Nation

by Andrew Ross Sorkin

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This history reconstructs the 1929 market crash in vivid, day-by-day detail, showing how speculation, leverage, and policy mistakes combined to trigger a systemic collapse. Beyond Wall Street, it tracks the social and political aftershocks across households, labor, and institutions that were unprepared for prolonged economic trauma. The book connects financial mechanics to human consequences without flattening either side of the story.

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