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The Great Game: The Emergence of Wall Street as a World Power: 1653-2000

By John Steele Gordon

Book information

Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Year
2000
ISBN
0743200438, 9780743200431
Open Library ID
OL7926499M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
39 MB (41046524 bytes)
Edition
1st
Pages
430\430
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

In The Great Game, acclaimed business historian John Steele Gordon chronicles the rise of Wall Street from its humble beginnings as an American trading post to its domination of the world economy, bringing to life the remarkable cast of bankers and brokers, visionaries and crooks who made it happen. From Alexander Hamilton to Michael Milken, the history of Wall Street is a history of risk, courage, avarice, patriotism, power, genius, and, occasionally, remarkable stupidity. In Gordon, Wall Street has finally found a biographer worthy of its extraordinary story.

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