Panic in Paradise Florida's Banking Crash Of 1926 |
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| Author:
| Vickers, Raymond B. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8173-0723-3 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 1994 |
| Publisher: | University of Alabama Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $49.95 |
Book Description:
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Panic in Paradise is a comprehensive study of bank loan failures during the Florida land boom of the mid-1920s, during the years preceding the stock market crash of 1929. Florida and Georgia experienced a banking panic in 1926 when, in a ten-day period in July, after uncontrollable depositor runs, 117 banks closed in the two states.
Panic in Paradise is a comprehensive study of bank loan failures during the Florida land boom of the mid-1920s, during the years preceding the stock market crash of 1929. Florida and Georgia experienced a banking panic in 1926 when, in a ten-day period in July, after uncontrollable depositor runs, 117 banks closed in the two states.