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COLORADO AND THE SILVER CRASH, the panic of 1893

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COLORADO AND THE SILVER CRASH, the panic of 1893
Language
eng
Index
no index present
Literary form
non fiction
Main title
COLORADO AND THE SILVER CRASH
Medium
electronic resource
Nature of contents
dictionaries
Series statement
Disaster
Sub title
the panic of 1893
Summary
A catastrophic depression engulfed Colorado in 1893. The government's decision to adopt the gold standard and stop buying silver hit the mining industry like a cave-in. Unemployment reached 90 percent in Leadville, a city built on silver. Strikes by union miners in Cripple Creek and Leadville led to destruction and death. Political parties split along battle lines of gold versus silver. By 1898, the country had begun to recover, but silver mining was never the same. Using firsthand commentary and more than one hundred historic photographs, John Steinle skillfully commemorates the story of Coloradans trapped in the unprecedented social, economic and political conflict of America's first great depression
Target audience
adult

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