Virginia and the Panic of 1819 : The First Great Depression and the Commonwealth

Author: Haulman, Clyde A.

Virginia

Published on 1 March 2008 by Taylor & Francis Ltd (Pickering & Chatto (Publishers) Ltd) as part of 'the Financial History' series.

Argues that the Panic of 1819 was America's first experience with a modern boom-bust cycle, and most importantly, much more than a banking panic resulting from the mismanagement of the newly created second Bank of the United States and a number of state chartered banks.