Author: Henry LoucksPublisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0557974593
Category : Agricultural credit
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
The Great Conspiracy of the House of Morgan Exposed
Author: Henry LoucksPublisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0557974593
Category : Agricultural credit
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
"Our Daily Bread" Must be Freed from the Greed of Private Monopoly
Author: Henry Langford LoucksPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Grain trade
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
The Day Wall Street Exploded
Author: Beverly GagePublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199759286
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 427
Book Description
Just after noon on September 16, 1920, as hundreds of workers poured onto Wall Street for their lunchtime break, a horse-drawn cart packed with dynamite exploded in a spray of metal and fire, turning the busiest corner of the financial center into a war zone. Thirty-nine people died and hundreds more lay wounded, making the Wall Street explosion the worst terrorist attack in U.S. history until the Oklahoma City bombing. In The Day Wall Street Exploded, Beverly Gage tells the story of that once infamous but now largely forgotten event. Based on thousands of pages of Bureau of Investigation reports, this historical detective saga traces the four-year hunt for the perpetrators, a worldwide effort that spread as far as Italy and the new Soviet nation. It also gives readers the decades-long but little-known history of homegrown terrorism that helped to shape American society a century ago. The book delves into the lives of victims, suspects, and investigators: world banking power J.P. Morgan, Jr.; labor radical "Big Bill" Haywood; anarchist firebrands Emma Goldman and Luigi Galleani; "America's Sherlock Holmes," William J. Burns; even a young J. Edgar Hoover. It grapples as well with some of the most controversial events of its day, including the rise of the Bureau of Investigation, the federal campaign against immigrant "terrorists," the grassroots effort to define and protect civil liberties, and the establishment of anti-communism as the sine qua non of American politics. Many Americans saw the destruction of the World Trade Center as the first major terrorist attack on American soil, an act of evil without precedent. The Day Wall Street Exploded reminds us that terror, too, has a history. Praise for the hardcover: "Outstanding." --New York Times Book Review "Ms. Gage is a storyteller...she leaves it to her readers to draw their own connections as they digest her engaging narrative." --The New York Times "Brisk, suspenseful and richly documented" --The Chicago Tribune "An uncommonly intelligent, witty and vibrant account. She has performed a real service in presenting such a complicated case in such a fair and balanced way." --San Francisco Chronicle
Encyclopedia of Populism in America [2 volumes]
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Author: Alexandra KindellPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1598845683
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 952
Book Description
This comprehensive two-volume encyclopedia documents how Populism, which grew out of post-Civil War agrarian discontent, was the apex of populist impulses in American culture from colonial times to the present. The Populist Movement was founded in the late 1800s when farmers and other agrarian workers formed cooperative societies to fight exploitation by big banks and corporations. Today, Populism encompasses both right-wing and left-wing movements, organizations, and icons. This valuable encyclopedia examines how ordinary people have voiced their opposition to the prevailing political, economic, and social constructs of the past as well how the elite or leaders at the time have reacted to that opposition. The entries spotlight the people, events, organizations, and ideas that created this first major challenge to the two-party system in the United States. Additionally, attention is paid to important historical actors who are not traditionally considered "Populist" but were instrumental in paving the way for the movement—or vigorously resisted Populism's influence on American culture. This encyclopedia also shows that Populism as a specific movement, and populism as an idea, have served alternately to further equal rights in America—and to limit them.
Doane Robinson's Encyclopedia of South Dakota
Author: Doane RobinsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : South Dakota
Languages : en
Pages : 1030
Book Description
The House of Morgan
Author: Edwin Palmer HoytPublisher: New York : Dodd ; Mead
ISBN:
Category : Finance
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
Examines the J.P. Morgan family within the framework of the development of American history.
The Public
Author: Louis Freeland PostR.U.S.
Author: The Cumulative Book Index
Author: The United States Catalog
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 2188
Book Description