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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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Princeton, N.J. :
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[2007]
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| 505 | 0 | |a 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. | |
| 520 | |a 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 America's ability to repay its debts abroad. Fear that the United States would abandon the gold standard sent the dollar plummeting on world markets. Without a central bank in the summer of 1914, the United States resembled a headless financial giant. William McAdoo stepped in with courag. | ||
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