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

By: Publication details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2005.Description: vii, 210 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0226910261 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 332.64/273/09034 22
LOC classification:
  • HG5131.P5 W75 2005
Online resources:
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.

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

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.

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