This fascinating book shows how the New York securities market, with its promise of great wealth and its equally devastating disappointments, is a vital link in the history of American economic growth.
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It is a story of people: their foibles and strengths, earnestness and avarice, triumphs and crash-and-burns. -- Turnarounds and Workouts, November 15, 2000 Review by Gail Owens Hoelscher
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This is the story of Wall Street, the symbol of finance and capitalism in America. It is a drama peopled by such colorful figures as E.H. Harriman and J.P. Morgan among many others. The first history of the New York Stock Market, it traces the development of the institution from its beginnings in the early 18th century to 1965. The author provides a short history of the market that stresses different aspects at different times--how political, social, locational, economic, and financial pressures affected the New York money market.
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Like the stock market?,
By Kevin B. Tucker (Rustburg, VA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Big Board: A History of the New York Stock Market (Paperback)
I thought this was an excellent book. If you like the stock market or history, you will like this book. The author goes back to the beginnings of the stock market. He spends a lot of time talking about the 1700 and 1800's, how Wall Street got started. Read how J. P. Morgan played Allen Greenspan. How he raised 20 million dollars in 15 minutes! Read about a stock that went from 200 dollars to a thousand! Read about the big dogs in the market who made and lost millions. The only thing I didn't like about it was the author didn't spend as much time on the Great Depression as I would have liked. That is my only complaint. An excellent book.Kevin
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