The first Wall Street Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, and the birth of American finance /

Main Author: Wright, Robert E. 1969-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2005.
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Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10397741
Table of Contents:
  • Of financial markets and marketplaces
  • Colonial precedents
  • Revolutionary developments
  • Money, money, money
  • Hamilton's vision
  • Hazardous voyages
  • Building nest eggs and homes
  • Transportation elation
  • Philadelphia's finest
  • Wall Street ascendant
  • Legacy of growth.