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I’ll be giving a talk on America’s First Great Depression at the General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union in Brussels on July 8. The current issue of Consilium, the internal staff magazine of the Council of the European Union, has a short article relating to the talk.
America’s First Great Depression has just been released as an Audible Audiobook, narrated by Kevin Young.
Business History Review has just published a review of America’s First Great Depression. “Roberts has crafted a compelling argument that should open up a fruitful dialogue on the legacy of the panic of 1837,” writes Stephen Campbell.
The Journal of Economic History has just published a review of America’s First Great Depression. “Roberts reminds economists that recessions are not just about investments not made, labor not employed, and output not produced, but they also
have political and social consequences,” writes Howard Bodenhorn.
A review of America’s First Great Depression has just been published by Essays in Economic and Business History 31 (2013). “A clear strength of the book,” says Professor John Moore, is that it “addresses the social, political, and diplomatic consequences of the Panic, and successfully points out that each of these areas, in some manner, influenced the others . . . [The book] makes a valuable contribution to nineteenth century economic downturns and their impact upon American society . . . [and] makes a strong case that historical business cycles feature many of the same attributes as modern ones.” Read the review.
Paul Solman’s The Business Desk features a column drawn from America’s First Great Depression. Lessons from the political gridlock of 1842.
PBS NewHour has posted a short article drawn from America’s First Great Depression.
Cornell University Press has now published the paperback version of America’s First Great Depression.
Daniel Littman, an economist in the Research Department of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, reviews America’s First Great Depression in the current issue of Forefront, the Bank’s magazine: “The parallels between pre-industrial America’s 1837 financial crisis and that of our own time are particularly strong. The beauty of Roberts’ book is that the reader can see the entire arc of the crisis, from beginning to end, in a historical context—something that studies of the 2008 event will lack for many years to come. Roberts nicely combines narrative history with analysis. His book is accessible to both the expert and the novice in economic history. Highly recommended.” Read the review.
Cornell University Press has finalized a deal for publication of a Chinese language version of America’s First Great Depression in 2013. It will be produced by SDX Joint Publishing.
Alasdair S. Roberts 
