Table of Contents
   Prefacep. ix
   Acknowledgmentsp. xv
   Editor's Introductionp. xvii
   Abbreviated Titles Used in Citationsp. xxi
   Prologue: November 11, 1918p. 1
   The American People on the Eve of the Great Depressionp. 10
   Panicp. 43
   The Ordeal of Herbert Hooverp. 70
   Interregnump. 104
   The Hundred Daysp. 131
   The Ordeal of the American Peoplep. 160
   Chasing the Phantom of Recoveryp. 190
   The Rumble of Discontentp. 218
   A Season for Reformp. 249
   Strike!p. 288
   The Ordeal of Franklin Rooseveltp. 323
   What the New Deal Didp. 363
   The Gathering Stormp. 381
   Bibliographical Essayp. 427
   Indexp. 435