Research Catalog

Title

The plungers and the peacocks : 170 years of Wall Street / Dana L. Thomas.

Author

Thomas, Dana Lee, 1918-2005

Publication

New York : Texere, c2001.

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Details

Description

xii, 296 p.; 23 cm.

Series Statement

Legends of commerce

Uniform Title

Legends of commerce.

Subject

• Wall Street > History
• Wall Street (New York, N.Y.) > History

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [276]-289) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. 'Speculation wiped a tear ...': the founding fathers hatch a deal and Wall Street is born -- 2. The blue, gray, and the gold: Abe Lincoln battles the Wall Street saboteus -- 3. Ulysses in night town: the plot to seize the nation's gold supply - the ruin of an ex-President -- 4. The bulls and the bears: Harriman's secret for making a quick fortune - the trick that launched U.S. Steel -- 5. The Great Society - yesterday: Wall Street's first lady brokers, from a brothel to high society - J.P. Morgan, the Jekyll and Hyde of the Street -- 6. Bank runs and a money panic: the birth of the Dow theory -- 7. The bulls see red: the bombing of Wall Street, a mystery, and madness -- 8. The big swingers: the fabulous rise of General Motors - how to make millions sellling America short -- 9. Prophets and profits: a secret visit to the White House and a warning -- 10. The crash of 1929: this is the way the world ends -- 11. The Great Depression: the scheme to abolish money - Joe Kennedy launches the SEC: he knows where the bodies lie -- 12. The corporate raiders: the battle for 20th Century Fox - the rise and fall of a Texas financier -- 13. Plungers, peacocks and technology: the computer revolution comes to Wall Street - the crash of 1987.

ISBN

1587991098

OCLC

• 47035483
• SCSB-11324741

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library