Capital of capital : money, banking + power in New York City 1784-2012 /

From Revolutionary-era bank notes and stock and bond trading during the Civil War to the invention of modern mortgages and the 2008 financial collapse, Capital of Capital explores how New York City gave rise to a banking industry that in turn made the American and world's economy. In addition t...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Jaffe, Steven H. (Author), Lautin, Jessica (Author)
Corporate Author: Museum of the City of New York
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, [2014]
Series:JSTOR EBA.
Subjects:
Banks and banking > New York (State) > New York > History.
Capitalism > New York (State) > New York > History.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Finance.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Banks & Banking.
Banks and banking
Capitalism
New York (N.Y.) > History.
New York (N.Y.) > Histoire.
New York (State) > New York
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Table of Contents; Director's Foreword; Introduction: New York, Banking City; Beginnings: 1784-1831; The Bank War: 1832- 1860; The Civil War: 1861-1865; Banks for an Industrial Nation: 1866-1928; Crash and Depression: 1929-1945; Banks for the American Century: 1946-1974; Crises and Opportunities: 1975-1999; Capital of Capital? New York's Banks in the New Century: 2000-2012; Acknowledgments; Recommended Reading; Index.

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