Edited by Eugene N. White, Professor of Economics, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick and Research Fellow, National Bureau for Economic Research, US

'This volume achieves a nice balance by wisely assembling opposing views, alternative methods, and background information, and by covering a broad range of times, places and markets. Its structure and organization encourage historical thinking, pushing the reader beyond the arguments of the individual articles.'

• 23 articles dating from 1905 to 1994Contents: Introduction Part I: Tulipmania Part II: The Mississippi and South Sea Bubbles Part III: Nineteenth Century America Part IV: Land Booms in the 1920s and 1980s Part V: The American Stock Market in 1929 Part VI: The American Stock Market in 1987 Index

Edited by Eugene N. White, Professor of Economics, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick and Research Fellow, National Bureau for Economic Research, US

'This volume achieves a nice balance by wisely assembling opposing views, alternative methods, and background information, and by covering a broad range of times, places and markets. Its structure and organization encourage historical thinking, pushing the reader beyond the arguments of the individual articles.'

• 23 articles dating from 1905 to 1994Contents: Introduction Part I: Tulipmania Part II: The Mississippi and South Sea Bubbles Part III: Nineteenth Century America Part IV: Land Booms in the 1920s and 1980s Part V: The American Stock Market in 1929 Part VI: The American Stock Market in 1987 Index