The First Wall Street
Subtitle: Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, and the Birth of American Finance
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press; University of Chicago Press
Published: December 1, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 218
ISBN-13: 9780226910260
Subjects: Economic History; Finance; History - U.S.; History: American; USA; United States - 19th Century; United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic; History / United States / 19th Century; History; New York; New York (State); Pennsylvania; Philadelphia; Stock exchanges; United States
Description: When Americans think of finance, they think of Wall Street. However, during the dawn of the republic, Philadelphia was the financial hub. Robert Wright recounts the history of Chestnut Street and its forgotten role in the birth of the American economy.