Wright, Robert E. 1969-

First Wall Street : Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, and the birth of American finance / - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2005. - vii, 210 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-196) and index.

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.

0226910261 (alk. paper)


Stock exchanges--History.--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
Stock exchanges--History.--New York (State)--New York
Stock exchanges--History.--United States

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