The Money Men: Capitalism, Democracy, and the Hundred Years' War Over the American Dollar (Enterprise)W. W. Norton & Company, 2010 M11 1 - 240 pages An "insightful" (Publishers Weekly) history of the development of American capitalism and the men who made it great. Most Americans are familiar with the political history of the United States, but there is another history woven all through it, a largely forgotten history—the story of the money men. Acclaimed historian H. W. Brands brings them back to life: J. P. Morgan, who stabilized a foundering U.S. Treasury in 1907; Alexander Hamilton, who founded the first national bank, and Nicholas Biddle, under whose directorship it failed; Jay Cooke, who helped to finance the Union war effort through his then-innovative strategy of selling bonds to ordinary Americans; and Jay Gould, who tried to corner the market on gold in 1869 and as a result brought about Black Friday and fled for his life. |
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... Washington, America's most experienced officer, to head up the Continental Army and oppose the British outside ... Washington's retreat across New Jersey. His valor and abilities won the esteem of his superi- ors, of whom two offered to ...
... Washington, America's most experienced officer, to head up the Continental Army and oppose the British outside ... Washington's retreat across New Jersey. His valor and abilities won the esteem of his superi- ors, of whom two offered to ...
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... Washington's staff . He learned to anticipate his superior's wishes and to supply them better than anyone else , till he became Washington's de facto chief of staff . He shared Washington's frustration at the failure of America's ...
... Washington's staff . He learned to anticipate his superior's wishes and to supply them better than anyone else , till he became Washington's de facto chief of staff . He shared Washington's frustration at the failure of America's ...
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H. W. Brands. the ALEXANDER HAMILTON OBSERVED money troubles from ground level in George Washington's army and grew increasingly irked. “The fundamental defect is a want of power in Congress,” he asserted. The states had too much power ...
H. W. Brands. the ALEXANDER HAMILTON OBSERVED money troubles from ground level in George Washington's army and grew increasingly irked. “The fundamental defect is a want of power in Congress,” he asserted. The states had too much power ...
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... Washington . Hamilton admired Washington , after a fashion , but he never warmed to him personally . This wasn't surprising , as Washington was famously aloof . But it bothered Hamilton , who anyway had begun to chafe at being a mere ...
... Washington . Hamilton admired Washington , after a fashion , but he never warmed to him personally . This wasn't surprising , as Washington was famously aloof . But it bothered Hamilton , who anyway had begun to chafe at being a mere ...
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... Washington had said. “I must tell you, sir, you treat me with disrespect.” Hamilton had been looking for an occasion to quit, and now he had it. “I replied without petulancy but with decision. 'I am not conscious of it, sir, but since ...
... Washington had said. “I must tell you, sir, you treat me with disrespect.” Hamilton had been looking for an occasion to quit, and now he had it. “I replied without petulancy but with decision. 'I am not conscious of it, sir, but since ...
Contents
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The Bank War | 57 |
The Bonds of Union | 97 |
The Great Gold Conspiracy | 131 |
The Transit of Jupiter | 159 |
The Money Answer | 199 |
Notes | 207 |
For Further Reading | 217 |
Index | 223 |
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