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

Title The first Wall Street [electronic resource] : Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, and the birth of American finance / Robert E. Wright.

Imprint Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2005.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description vii, 210 p.
Bibliography 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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Stock exchanges -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History.
Stock exchanges -- New York (State) -- New York -- History.
Stock exchanges -- United States -- History.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 0226910261 (alk. paper)

 
    
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