History of Economic Crisis and Turmoil in The United States: Summer Issue of History Now is Available
New York, NY (July 12, 2010)— With the recent financial crisis intensifying discussions of the economy, the Gilder Lehrman Institute offers a summer issue of History Now (www.historynow.org) devoted to the history of economic progress and turmoil in the United States. The issue features five essays by leading scholars, such as Joyce Appleby’s analysis of the origins of an entrepreneurial culture in early America, which impart historical context and perspective to the conversation on current economic conditions.
The economics issue of History Now also includes essays on the emergence of enterprise in nineteenth century America; the rise of the New York Stock Exchange, from a meeting under a buttonwood tree in 1792 to an American institution; the development of the U.S. banking system; the impact of economic theories on government policy; and the debate over classifying nineteenth century business leaders as “robber barons” or “captains of industry.” These essays address the historical ebb and flow between desires for unrestricted economic freedom and market regulation in America.
Edited by celebrated historian Carol Berkin, History Now is an indispensable online journal for history teachers and students.
This issue supplies teachers with engaging material on economic history that can greatly enhance understanding of our nation’s development. “Financial Crime, Chicanery, and Corruption that Rocked America,” an interactive slideshow of documents and photographs produced in partnership with the Museum of American Finance, chronicles monetary scandals. Essays are accompanied by suggested print and online readings as well as links to primary resources from the Gilder Lehrman Collection and archives throughout the nation, presented by Mary-Jo Kline, History Now’s archivist.
Since its launch in 2004, History Now has devoted issues to such fascinating topics in American history as “High Crimes and Misdemeanors,” “Turning Points in American Sports,” and “Books that Changed History,” as well as fundamental subjects like “The American Revolution” and “Abraham Lincoln in His Time and Ours.” An essential part of the Gilder Lehrman Institute’s promotion of the study and love of American history, History Now current and back issues are available online at www.historynow.org.
Founded in 1994, the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History is a nonprofit organization improving and enriching American history education through a wide range of programs and resources for students, teachers, scholars, and history enthusiasts throughout the nation. Gilder Lehrman creates and works closely with history-focused schools, organizes summer seminars and development programs for teachers, produces print and digital publications and traveling exhibitions, hosts lectures by eminent historians, administers a History Teacher of the Year Award in every state and U.S. territory, and offers national book prizes and fellowships for scholars to work in the Gilder Lehrman Collection as well as other renowned archives. Gilder Lehrman maintains two websites that serve as gateways to American history online: www.gilderlehrman.org and www.historynow.org.
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