From the Book - First edition
Part one. America discovers the modern
Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, and Insull
Transformations: New York City
the view from below: Muncie, Indiana
Part two. "One heckuva boom"
David Buick, Billy Durant, Alfred Sloan, and the modern car industry
Part three. The crash in the United States
The rise of Herbert Hoover
The banking crisis of the Great Depression
The twilight of the gods I: Insull
The twilight of the gods II: Kreuger
Part four. Blood, gold, and unpaid debts
Germany, 1919-1925: vengeance, reparations, and war debts
The Dawes and Young plans
England, 1919-1925: Churchill (sort of) chooses resumption
Getting what you wish for
Part five. Roosevelt, reflation, and recovery
World monetary & economic conference
The rest of the New Deal: a roundup
The unemployment conundrum
Part six. The geology of the collapses
A postscript to the reader.