Wall Street : a history /

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Author / Creator:	Geisst, Charles R.
Edition:	Updated edition.
Imprint:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2012.
Description:	1 online resource (xiv, 528 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	New York Stock Exchange. New York Stock Exchange. Wall Street (New York, N.Y.) -- History. New York (State) -- New York -- Wall Street. Electronic books. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11303789

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ISBN:	9780199978625 019997862X 1299879578 9781299879577 9780195396218 0195396219
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 480-489) and index. English. Print version record.
Summary:	This work is an account of Wall Street itself as well as an economic history of the United States. Already the definitive history of America's financial hub, this crucial update chronicles the past decade, including the financial collapse of 2008. It tells tales of profits and losses, spirited enterprise, ruthless wheeler-dealers, and key figures that transformed America into the most powerful economy in the world. This updated edition unpacks the cataclysmic events of the 2008 financial crisis and subsequent policy changes of the Obama administration up to Dodd-Frank.
Other form:	Print version: Geisst, Charles R. Wall Street. Updated edition 9780195396218

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Summary:	Wall Street is an unending source of legend--and nightmares. It is a universal symbol of both the highest aspirations of economic prosperity and the basest impulses of greed and deception. Charles R. Geisst's Wall Street is at once a chronicle of the street itself--from the days when the wall was merely a defensive barricade built by Peter Stuyvesant--and an engaging economic history of the United States, a tale of profits and losses, enterprising spirits, and key figures that transformed America into the most powerful economy in the world. The book traces many themes, like the move of industry and business westward in the early 19th century, the rise of the great Robber Barons, and the growth of industry from the securities market's innovative financing of railroads, major steel companies, and Bell's and Edison's technical innovations. And because "The Street" has always been a breeding ground for outlandish characters with brazen nerve, no history of the stock market would be complete without a look at the conniving of ruthless wheeler-dealers and lesser known but influential rogues.This updated edition covers the historic, almost apocalyptic events of the 2008 financial crisis and the overarching policy changes of the Obama administration. As Wall Street and America have changed irrevocably after the crisis, Charles R. Geisst offers the definitive chronicle of the relationship between the two, and the challenges and successes it has fostered that have shaped our history.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xiv, 528 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 480-489) and index.
ISBN:	9780199978625 019997862X 1299879578 9781299879577 9780195396218 0195396219