Michael Perelman wrote:
The expert that I cited was J.M. Keynes in 1930. A truly wonderful book about wing Republican shady dealings and the real estate bubble and its consequences isMesser-Kruse, Timothy. 2004. Banksters, Bosses, and Smart Money: A Social History of the Great Toledo Bank Crash of 1931 (Columbus: University of Ohio Press).
Messer-Kruse is a terrific historian. Here's a review of another book of his: http://www.columbia.edu/~lnp3/mydocs/american_left/woodhull.htm