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Author Wright, Robert E. (Robert Eric), 1969-

Title The first Wall Street : Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, and the birth of American finance / Robert E. Wright
Published Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2005

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Description 1 online resource (vii, 210 pages)
Contents Of financial markets and marketplaces -- Colonial precedents -- Revolutionary developments -- Money, money, money -- Hamilton's vision -- Hazardous voyages -- Building nest eggs and homes -- Transportation elation -- Philadelphia's finest -- Wall Street ascendant -- Legacy of growth
Summary When Americans think of investment and finance, they think of Wall Street--though this was not always the case. During the dawn of the Republic, Philadelphia was the center of American finance. The first stock exchange in the nation was founded there in 1790, and around it the bustling thoroughfare known as Chestnut Street was home to the nation's most powerful financial institutions. The First Wall Street recounts the fascinating history of Chestnut Street and its forgotten role in the birth of American finance. According to Robert E. Wright, Philadelphia, known for its cultivation of liberty
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-196) and index
Notes Print version record
SUBJECT Philadelphia Stock Exchange gnd
New York Stock Exchange gnd
Subject Stock exchanges -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History
Stock exchanges -- New York (State) -- New York -- History
Stock exchanges -- United States -- History
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Investments & Securities -- General.
Stock exchanges
Finanzpolitik
New York (State) -- New York
Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
United States
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780226910291
0226910296