Wall Street Journal reviews America’s First Great Depression
Roger Lowenstein reviews America’s First Great Depression in today’s Wall Street Journal. Read the review.
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Jun 5
YouTube video about new book
Cornell University Press has produced a short YouTube video about America’s First Great Depression:
Apr 5
Library Journal reviews America’s First Great Depression
The April 1 issue of Library Journal provides a review of America’s First Great Depression. “This timely book will be of great use not just to students of economic history but also to readers who wish to find historical precedent for today’s uncertain, turbulent times.” Read the review.
History News Network reviews America’s First Great Depression
History News Network has posted a review of America’s First Great Depression, written by Jim Cullen, HNN book review editor. Read the review.
Richard Sylla on America’s First Great Depression
Richard Sylla, Henry Kaufman Professor of the History of Financial Institutions and Markets, New York University, has contributed a comment on America’s First Great Depression: “Alasdair Roberts’s poignant yet balanced account of the financial, economic, and political crises of the 1830s and 1840s provides us with a distant mirror reflecting our current travails. By not knowing and learning from history, we continue to make the same mistakes our ancestors did. If you want to complete your education, America’s First Great Depression is a good place to begin.”
Wilson Quarterly posts Q&A about forthcoming book
Wilson Quarterly has just posted a brief Q&A about America’s First Great Depression with assistant editor Cullen Nutt.
History News Network publishes article on strife in Washington, March 1842
The History News Network has just published my article about political strife in Washington in the Winter and Spring of 1842 — the nadir of the First Great Depression, and coincidentally also the time of Charles Dickens’ only visit to the nation’s capital. President John Tyler seemed to be “at war with everyone,” Dickens wrote. In a few months Tyler would be threatened with impeachment because of controversies relating to the depression.
Introduction to new book now on SSRN
The manuscript version of the introduction to America’s First Great Depression is now available on SSRN.
Cover for new book
Very pleased to receive the cover design for my forthcoming book. Cornell University Press did an outstanding job!
Alasdair S. Roberts 
