Title: When Wall Street met Main Street : the quest for an investors' democracy /
Authors: Ott, Julia C., 1974-
Publisher: Harvard University Press,
Year: 2011
Subjects: New York Stock Exchange History.; Securities industry United States History.; Securities United States History.; Wall Street (New York, N.Y.) History.
Contents: Introduction : the quest for an investors' democracy -- The problem with financial securities -- The "free and open market" responds -- "Be a stockholder in victory!" -- Mobilizing the financial nation -- The postwar struggle for the financial nation -- Swords into shares -- The corporate quest for shareholder democracy -- Finance joins in the quest for shareholder democracy -- "The people's market" -- Epilogue : the enduring quest.