Description
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.
Author: H. W. Brands
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 10/01/2007
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.42lbs
Size: 7.96h x 5.56w x 0.57d
ISBN13: 9780393330502
ISBN10: 0393330508
BISAC Categories:
- History | United States | 19th Century
- Business & Economics | Money & Monetary Policy
- Business & Economics | Economic History