Capital of capital : money, banking+power in New York City : 1784-2012

Capital of capital : money, banking+power in New York City : 1784-2012 /

From revolutionary-era bank notes to the 2008 financial collapse, Capital of Capital explores how New York City gave rise to a banking industry that in turn made the American and world economies. It examines the contentious evolution of the banking business, and its influence on American politics an...

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Main Author: Jaffe, Steven H. (Author)
Corporate Author: Museum of the City of New York
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, [2014]
Series:Columbia studies in the history of U.S. capitalism
Subjects:
Banks and banking > New York (State) > New York > History.
Capitalism > New York (State) > New York > History.
Banks and banking.
Capitalism.
Kreditwesen
Finanzplatz
New York (N.Y.) > History.
New York (N.Y.) > Histoire.
New York (State) > New York.
New York, NY.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Banks for a merchant city
  • "Free banking" and the empire city
  • Civil war
  • Banks for an industrial nation
  • Instability, anger, and reform
  • Depression and new deal
  • Banks for the American century
  • New crises, new opportunities
  • Capital of capital : New York and the future of the global economy
  • Acknowledgments
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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