Drought, occasionally stocks — black friday on the New York stock exchange through the eyes of Czechs living in the USA Cover Image

Sucho, občas akcie — černý pátek na newyorské burze očima Čechů v USA
Drought, occasionally stocks — black friday on the New York stock exchange through the eyes of Czechs living in the USA

Author(s): Michael Durčák
Subject(s): Sociology, Comparative history, Economic history, Recent History (1900 till today), Sociology of Culture, Interwar Period (1920 - 1939), Migration Studies
Published by: Univerzita Karlova v Praze - Filozofická fakulta, Vydavatelství
Keywords: Czech community in the US; newspaper; comparative history; Czech newspapers in the US; Great Depression; interwar period; Texas; Nebraska; Chicago

Summary/Abstract: The text explores the views of the Czech immigrant community in the US on the 1929 New York Stock Exchange crash through Czech newspapers from Chicago, Nebraska, and Texas, using a comparative approach to analyse the publications.

  • Issue Year: 16/2024
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 21-37
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Czech
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