Capital of Capital: Money, Banking, and Power in New York City, 1784-2012

Neuausgabe 2014
ISBN: 978-0-231-16910-3
Verlag: COLUMBIA UNIV PR

Buch, Englisch, 304 Seiten, Format (B × H): 183 mm x 257 mm, Gewicht: 1057 g

Reihe: Columbia Studies in the History of U.S. Capitalism

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. Capital of Capital also examines the frequently contentious evolution of the banking business, its role in making New York City an international economic center, and its influence on America's politics, society, and culture.

Based on a major exhibition at the Museum of the City of New York, Capital of Capital features the key leaders of banking, including Alexander Hamilton and J. P. Morgan, as well as its critics, such as Louis Brandeis and the Occupy Wall Street protesters. The book also covers the major events and controversies that have shaped the history of banking and includes a fascinating array of primary materials ranging from antebellum bank notes and ledgers to early credit cards and advertisements. Lavishly illustrated, Capital of Capital provides a multifaceted, original understanding of the profound impact of banking on the life of New York City and the world's economy.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jaffe, Steven

Lautin, Jessica

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Finanzsektor & Finanzdienstleistungen Bankwirtschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Director's Foreword, by Susan Henshaw JonesIntroduction: New York, Banking CityBeginnings: 1784;1831The Bank War: 1832; 1860The Civil War: 1861;1865Banks for an Industrial Nation: 1866;1928Reform and Regulation: 1866;1928Crash and Depression: 1929;1945Banks for the American Century: 1946;1974Crises and Opportunities: 1975;1999Capital of Capital? New York's Banks in the New Century: 2000;2012AcknowledgmentsRecommended ReadingIndex

Leseproben

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Über Autor(innen)

Steven H. Jaffe is a writer and historian who received his Ph.D. in history from Harvard University and has worked at the Museum of the City of New York, the New-York Historical Society, and the South Street Seaport Museum. He is the author of New York at War: Four Centuries of Combat, Fear, and Intrigue in Gotham.

Jessica Lautin is an assistant curator at the Museum of the City of New York, where she was part of the curatorial team for the exhibition on which the book is based and local curator of Designing Tomorrow: America's World's Fairs of the 1930s. She received her Ph.D. in history from the University of Pennsylvania.