The Great Los Angeles Swindle Oil, Stocks, and Scandal During the Roaring Twenties
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Here is a saga of the roaring twenties, with its glorification of business, its get-rich-quick mentality, and its paucity of government regulationwhich bred speculation, corruption, and corporate chaos throughout the country. The Great Los Angeles Swindle exposes the schemes of C. C. Julian and his Julian Petroleum Corporation, known familiarly to thousands of Los Angeles residents as Julian Pete, thanks to Julian's folksy weekly newspaper ads. The Julian Pete swindle ranked with Teapot Dome as one of the great scandals of the era and symbolized the failure of 20s boosterism and speculation.
Book information
ISBN: | 9780520207738 |
Publisher: | University of California Press |
Imprint: | University of California Press |
Pub date: | 21 Dec 1996 |
DEWEY: | 364.1680979493 |
DEWEY edition: | 20 |
Number of pages: | 398 |
Weight: | 628g |
Height: | 229mm |
Width: | 152mm |
Spine width: | 27mm |