Title The first Wall Street : Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, and the birth of American finance / Robert E. Wright.

Publication Info.	Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2005]
	©2005

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Description	1 online resource (vii, 210 pages)
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-196) and index.
Contents	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.
Summary	When Americans think of investment and finance, they think of Wall Street--though this was not always the case. During the dawn of the Republic, Philadelphia was the center of American finance. The first stock exchange in the nation was founded there in 1790, and around it the bustling thoroughfare known as Chestnut Street was home to the nation's most powerful financial institutions. The First Wall Street recounts the fascinating history of Chestnut Street and its forgotten role in the birth of American finance. According to Robert E. Wright, Philadelphia, known for its cultivation of liberty.
Note	Print version record.
Subject	Philadelphia Stock Exchange.
	New York Stock Exchange.
	Stock exchanges -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History.
	Stock exchanges -- New York (State) -- New York -- History.
	Stock exchanges -- United States -- History.
	Industrial management.
	BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Investments & Securities -- General.
	Stock exchanges. (OCoLC)fst01133564
	New York (State) -- New York. (OCoLC)fst01204333
	Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. (OCoLC)fst01204170
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
	Finanzpolitik.
Genre/Form	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Other Form:	Print version: Wright, Robert E. (Robert Eric), 1969- First Wall Street. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2005 9780226910260 (DLC) 2005009428 (OCoLC)58985935
ISBN	9780226910291 (electronic bk.)
	0226910296 (electronic bk.)

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