The first Wall Street : Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, and the birth of American finance /
Wright, Robert E. 1969-
The first Wall Street : Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, and the birth of American finance / Robert E. Wright. - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2005. - vii, 210 p. ; 24 cm.
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.
0226910261 (alk. paper)
2005009428
Stock exchanges--History.--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
Stock exchanges--History.--New York (State)--New York
Stock exchanges--History.--United States
HG5131.P5 / W75 2005
332.64/273/09034
The first Wall Street : Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, and the birth of American finance / Robert E. Wright. - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2005. - vii, 210 p. ; 24 cm.
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.
0226910261 (alk. paper)
2005009428
Stock exchanges--History.--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
Stock exchanges--History.--New York (State)--New York
Stock exchanges--History.--United States
HG5131.P5 / W75 2005
332.64/273/09034