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The man who made Wall Street : Anthony J. Drexel and the rise of modern finance /

Anthony also was a partner and mentor to J.P. Morgan, installing the young man in a New York branch of Drexel, Morgan & Co. that helped establish Wall Street as the enduring center of American finance.

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Main Author: Rottenberg, Dan.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2001.
Subjects and Genres:
Drexel, Anthony J. > (Anthony Joseph), > 1826-1893.
Drexel, Anthony J.
Drexel, Anthony J. > 1826-1893
Drexel, Anthony Joseph
Drexel, Anthony J
Bankers > United States > Biography.
Capitalists and financiers > United States > Biography.
Bankers > Biography.
Banquiers > États-Unis > Biographies.
Capitalistes et financiers > États-Unis > Biographies.
Banquiers > Biographies.
Bankers.
Capitalists and financiers.
Finanzpolitik
Bankwezen.
Wall Street.
Bankier > USA > Biographie
Finanzmakler
United States.
USA
Biography
Biographies.
Biografie
Biographie
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Table of Contents:
  • Part 1. Survival. The artist as fugitive
  • The making of a currency broker
  • Part 2. Success. "As good a bargain as possible"
  • "A wild and reckless people"
  • Part 3. Struggle. "The Yankees did not whip us in the field"
  • The rise of George Childs
  • The delusions of Jay Cooke
  • Part 4. Power. "A first-class businessman"
  • Panic and progress
  • The perils of partnership
  • Railroad boom
  • Part 5. Salvation. Reluctant Titan
  • Two social revolutionaries
  • The burden of conscience
  • Epilogue: The death and rebirth of the house of Drexel.

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