The Money Manias: The Eras of Great Speculation in America, 1770-1970Weybright and Talley, 1974 - 397 pages |
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Page 62
... continued success of the Erie and a few other waterways had fueled the canal boom of the early 1830s . This seemed over by 1834. In that year less than $ 3 million was invested in the waterways ; in 1828 the English and other foreign ...
... continued success of the Erie and a few other waterways had fueled the canal boom of the early 1830s . This seemed over by 1834. In that year less than $ 3 million was invested in the waterways ; in 1828 the English and other foreign ...
Page 86
... continued for many more years , re- turning profits at both ends , were it not for the 1837 panic , which dried up Logan's source of funds . The Virginian informed Meek he would have to exercise caution that year - cut back on ...
... continued for many more years , re- turning profits at both ends , were it not for the 1837 panic , which dried up Logan's source of funds . The Virginian informed Meek he would have to exercise caution that year - cut back on ...
Page 339
... continued to seek out likely merger candidates . For all his abilities , Geneen was unknown to the man in the street , and indeed to many investors as well . Bluhdorn and Thornton had better publicity , but neither had become a major ...
... continued to seek out likely merger candidates . For all his abilities , Geneen was unknown to the man in the street , and indeed to many investors as well . Bluhdorn and Thornton had better publicity , but neither had become a major ...
Contents
A Great National Project | 33 |
Speculation in Slaves | 69 |
The Comstock Lode | 99 |
Copyright | |
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