AcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter One The Legacy of Napoleon: Embargo, War, and PeaceChapter Two Three Revolutions: Market, Transportation, CorporationChapter Three Volcano WeatherChapter Four Alabama Fever: "I Must Go West and Plant"Chapter Five Bank Expansion: "Frothy Bubbles"Chapter Six Bank Contraction: "The Axe Must Be Applied to the Root of the Evil"Chapter Seven Hard Times in the East: "A Long Continuation of Distress"Chapter Eight Hard Times in the West: "Reflections Which Almost Unmans Me"Chapter Nine Relief?Chapter Ten The Politics of Corruption and the Corruption of PoliticsChapter Eleven A House Dividing: The Panic of 1819 and the Growth of SectionalismNotesBibliographyIndex