From buildings and loans to bail-outs : a history of the American savings and loan industry, 1831-1995 /
For most Americans, the savings and loan industry is defined by the fraud, ineptitude, and failures of the 1980s. These events, however, overshadow a long history in which thrifts played a key role in helping thousands of households buy homes. First appearing in the 1830s, savings and loans, then kn...
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2004.
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Table of Contents:
- A movement takes shape, 1831-1899
- The rise of the league, 1900-1929
- From state to federal oversight
- The movement becomes an industry, 1930-1945
- The glory years, 1946-1955
- External challenges and internal divisions, 1956-1966
- Lost opportunities, 1967-1979
- Deregulation and disaster, 1979-1988
- Resolving the crisis, restoring the confidence, 1989-1995
- The American savings and loan industry in perspective.
