Financial founding fathers
Subtitle: the men who made America rich
By: Robert E. Wright and David J. Cowen.
Contributors: Cowen, David Jack, 1959-
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
Subjects: Capitalists and financiers -- United States -- Biography.; Businesspeople -- United States -- Biography.
Genres: Biography.
Description: "When you think of the founding fathers, you think of men like George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin - exceptional minds and matchless statesmen who led the colonies to a seemingly impossible victory over the British and established the constitutional and legal framework for our democratic government. But the American Revolution was about far more than freedom and liberty. It was about economics as well." "Robert E. Wright and David J. Cowen here chronicle how a different group of founding fathers forged the wealth and institutions necessary to transform the American colonies from a diffuse alliance of contending business interests into one cohesive economic superpower. From Alexander Hamilton to Andrew Jackson, the authors focus on the lives of nine Americans in particular - some famous, some unknown, others misunderstood, but all among our nation's financial founding fathers."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: In the beginning; title: The creator : Alexander Hamilton (1755-1804); title: The Judas : Tench Coxe (1755-1824); title: The sinner : William Duer (1743-1799); title: The savior : Albert Gallatin (1761-1849); title: Angels risen and fallen : Thomas Willing (1731-1821) and Robert Morris (1735-1806); title: The saint : Stephen Girard (1750-1831); title: Apocalypse no : Andrew Jackson (1767-1845) and Nicholas Biddle; title: (1786-1844).