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When Washington Shut Down Wall Street : The Great Financial Crisis of 1914 and the Origins of America's Monetary Supremacy /

When Washington Shut Down Wall Street unfolds like a mystery story. It traces Treasury Secretary William Gibbs McAdoo's triumph over a monetary crisis at the outbreak of World War I that threatened the United States with financial disaster. The biggest gold outflow in a generation imperiled Ame...

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Autor principal: Silber, William L. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2007]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; INTRODUCTION: The Legacy of 1914; CHAPTER ONE: The Opening Salvo; CHAPTER TWO: The European Gold Rush; CHAPTER THREE: The Nightmare of 1907; CHAPTER FOUR: Unlocking Emergency Currency; CHAPTER FIVE: Sterling Steals the Spotlight; CHAPTER SIX: New Street Defies McAdoo; CHAPTER SEVEN: Rescue; CHAPTER EIGHT: End Game; CHAPTER NINE: Birth of a Financial Superpower; EPILOGUE: Blueprint for Crisis Control; Notes; References; Index.