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Money Men: Capitalism, Democracy, and the Hundred Years' War Over the American Dollar

Money Men: Capitalism, Democracy, and the Hundred Years' War Over the American Dollar - Paperback

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Availability:In StockContributor:H. W. BrandsSeries:Enterprise #0Publish date:2007-10-01Pages:240
Language:EnglishPublisher:W. W. Norton & CompanyISBN-13:9780393330502ISBN-10:393330508UPC:9780393330502Book Category:History, Business & EconomicsBook Subcategory:United States, Money & Monetary Policy, Economic HistoryBook Topic:19th CenturySize:7.96 x 5.56 x 0.57 inchesWeight:0.4211Product ID:SC4GTCMD1K

Most Americans are familiar with the political history of the United States, but there is another history woven all through it, a largely forgotten history--the story of the money men. Acclaimed historian H. W. Brands brings them back to life: J. P. Morgan, who stabilized a foundering U.S. Treasury in 1907; Alexander Hamilton, who founded the first national bank, and Nicholas Biddle, under whose directorship it failed; Jay Cooke, who helped to finance the Union war effort through his then-innovative strategy of selling bonds to ordinary Americans; and Jay Gould, who tried to corner the market on gold in 1869 and as a result brought about Black Friday and fled for his life.

Language:EnglishPublisher:W. W. Norton & CompanyISBN-13:9780393330502ISBN-10:393330508UPC:9780393330502Book Category:History, Business & EconomicsBook Subcategory:United States, Money & Monetary Policy, Economic HistoryBook Topic:19th CenturySize:7.96 x 5.56 x 0.57 inchesWeight:0.4211Product ID:SC4GTCMD1K
Brands, H. W.: - Best-selling author H. W. Brands is the Dickson Allen Anderson Centennial Professor of History at the University of Texas. He lives in Austin.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

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