books.google.com - The Panic of 1893 and the depression it triggered mark one of the decisive crises in American history. Devastating broad sections of the country like a tidal wave, the depression forced the nation to change its way of life and altered the pattern and pace of national development ever after. The depression...http://books.google.com/books/about/Democracy_in_desperation.html?id=WDMMky5EalcC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareDemocracy in desperation