Wall Street
Subtitle: a history
By: Charles R. Geisst
Edition: Updated ed.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 528
ISBN-13: 9780195396218
Subjects: New York Stock Exchange; History
Description: This work is an account of Wall Street itself as well as an economic history of the United States. Already the definitive history of America's financial hub, this crucial update chronicles the past decade, including the financial collapse of 2008. It tells tales of profits and losses, spirited enterprise, ruthless wheeler-dealers, and key figures that transformed America into the most powerful economy in the world. This updated edition unpacks the cataclysmic events of the 2008 financial crisis and subsequent policy changes of the Obama administration up to Dodd-Frank.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The early years (1790-1840); title: The railroad and Civil War eras (1840-70); title: The robber barons (1870-90); title: The age of the trusts (1880-1910); title: The money trust (1890-1920); title: The booming Twenties (1920-29); title: Wall Street meets the New Deal (1930-35); title: The struggle continues (1936-54); title: Bull market (1954-69); title: Bear market (1970-81); title: Mergermania (1982-97); title: Running out of steam (1998-2003); title: The cataclysm (2004-2008); title: The Great Recession (2009- ).