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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Page 19
... wrote a friend . " I wish there was a war . " St. Croix taught Hamilton about money and trade . At the crossroads of three empires — the British , French , and Spanish - he dealt in rum and cod and bread and mules , denominated in ...
... wrote a friend . " I wish there was a war . " St. Croix taught Hamilton about money and trade . At the crossroads of three empires — the British , French , and Spanish - he dealt in rum and cod and bread and mules , denominated in ...
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... wrote regarding his ideal woman, “sensible (a little learning will do), well bred (but she must have an aversion to the word ton), chaste and tender (I am an enthusiast in my notions of fidelity and fondness), of some good nature, a ...
... wrote regarding his ideal woman, “sensible (a little learning will do), well bred (but she must have an aversion to the word ton), chaste and tender (I am an enthusiast in my notions of fidelity and fondness), of some good nature, a ...
Page 27
... wrote Elizabeth . “ All the sweetness of beauty , all the loveliness of innocence , all the tenderness of a wife and all the fondness of a mother " -Mrs . Arnold brought her infant to the interview- " showed themselves in her appearance ...
... wrote Elizabeth . “ All the sweetness of beauty , all the loveliness of innocence , all the tenderness of a wife and all the fondness of a mother " -Mrs . Arnold brought her infant to the interview- " showed themselves in her appearance ...
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... wrote letters and entreated those who could help him get to the front. An offer came through only as the final campaign of the war took shape in the late sum- mer of 1781. Hamilton received command of a battalion of New York infantry ...
... wrote letters and entreated those who could help him get to the front. An offer came through only as the final campaign of the war took shape in the late sum- mer of 1781. Hamilton received command of a battalion of New York infantry ...
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... wrote Washington. Yet Hamilton realized he was playing with gunpowder. “As to any combination of force, it would only be productive of the horrors of a civil war, might end in the ruin of the Country and would certainly end in the ruin ...
... wrote Washington. Yet Hamilton realized he was playing with gunpowder. “As to any combination of force, it would only be productive of the horrors of a civil war, might end in the ruin of the Country and would certainly end in the ruin ...
Contents
15 | |
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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