The money men : capitalism, democracy, and the hundred years' war over the American dollar
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The money men : capitalism, democracy, and the hundred years' war over the American dollar
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Atlas Books/W.W. Norton, 2007, c2006
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"First published as a Norton paperback 2007."--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-220) and index
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Most Americans are familiar with the political history of the United States, but there is another history woven all through it, a largely forgotten history-the story of the money men. Acclaimed historian H. W. Brands brings them back to life: J. P. Morgan, who stabilized a foundering U.S. Treasury in 1907; Alexander Hamilton, who founded the first national bank, and Nicholas Biddle, under whose directorship it failed; Jay Cooke, who helped to finance the Union war effort through his then-innovative strategy of selling bonds to ordinary Americans; and Jay Gould, who tried to corner the market on gold in 1869 and as a result brought about Black Friday and fled for his life.
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