Capital of capital
Subtitle: money, banking + power in New York City, 1784-2012
By: written by Steven H. Jaffe + Jessica Lautin
Contributors: Lautin, Jessica, illustrations; Museum of the City of New York
Series: Columbia studies in the history of U.S. capitalism; Columbia studies in the history of U.S. capitalism
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 297
ISBN-13: 9780231169103
Subjects: History; Banks and banking; Capitalism
Description: From revolutionary-era bank notes to 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 economies. It examines the contentious evolution of the banking business, and its influence on American politics and culture. Based on an exhibition at the Museum of the City of New York, Capital of Capital features the key leaders of banking, including Alexander Hamilton and J. P. Morgan, as well as its critics, such as Louis Brandeis and the Occupy Wall Street protesters. -- Adapted from the Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Beginnings; title: The bank war; title: The Civil War; title: Banks for an industrial nation; title: Reform + regulation; title: Crash + depression; title: Banks for the American century; title: Crises + opportunities; title: Capital of capital? New York's Banks in the new century.