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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.

Publication Info. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2005]
©2005

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  HG5131.P5 W75 2005    Available  ---
Description vii, 210 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 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.
Subject Stock exchanges -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History.
Stock exchanges.
Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
History.
Stock exchanges -- New York (State) -- New York -- History.
New York (State) -- New York.
Stock exchanges -- United States -- History.
United States.
ISBN 0226910261 alkaline paper