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Author:

Wright, Robert E. (Robert Eric), 1969-

Title:

The first Wall Street : Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, and the birth of American finance / Robert E. Wright.

Publisher:

University of Chicago Press,

Copyright Date:

2005

Description:

vii, 210 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Stock exchanges--Philadelphia--Philadelphia--History.
Stock exchanges--New York--New York--History.
Stock exchanges--United States--History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-196) and index.

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.

ISBN:

9780226910260 (alk. paper)
0226910261 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)58985935

LCCN:

2005009428

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)