When Washington shut down Wall Street : the great financial crisis of 1914 and the origins of America's monetary supremacy /

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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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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Silber, William L. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2007]
Subjects:
McAdoo, W. G. > (William Gibbs), > 1863-1941.
McAdoo, W. G. > (William Gibbs), > 1863-1941
1914-1918
Currency crises > United States > Case studies.
Currency question.
World War, 1914-1918 > Finance.
Gold standard.
Crises de change > États-Unis > Études de cas.
Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 > Finances.
Étalon-or.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Finance.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economic History.
Currency crises
Currency question
Finance
Gold standard
United States
Case studies
Case studies.
Études de cas.
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