Curbstone Brokers: The Origins of the American Stock Exchange [Paperback]

Robert Sobel (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 2000

Analyzes the practices of the outdoor securities market of lower Manhattan from the late 18th century to 1921 and shows the impact of government investigation and legislation on Wall Street.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

This historical account is one of the most dramatic success stories in the nation's business history. It chronicles the rise of a much maligned, unstructured group of men known as the curbstone brokers--because that is where they conducted their business--to a powerful and respected securities market, which in 1953 became the American Stock Exchange.

About the Author

Robert Nathen Sobel was a professor of business history at Hofstra University for more than forty years and held a Ph.D. from New York University. He is author of more than two dozen books on American economic and business history, including Herbert Hoover and the Onset of the Great Depression and Coolidge: An American Enigma. Besides producing books, articles, book reviews, scripts for television and audiotapes, he was a weekly columnist for Newsday from 1972 to 1988. In 1998, Sobel was the recipient of the second Special Achievement Sidewise Award for Alternate History for this book, which was republished in 1998.At the time of his death he was a contributing editor to Barron's magazine He died Wednesday, June 2, 1999 of brain cancer. Professor Sobel was 68. Sobel is a highly esteemed business historian. Sobel's purpose in any book he wrote was to help his reader learn from them.

Product Details

• Paperback: 324 pages
• Publisher: Beard Books (January 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1893122654
• ISBN-13: 978-1893122659
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 6.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,721,280 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)