false 2082118 3 <B>An "insightful" (<I>Publishers Weekly</I>) history of the development of American capitalism and the men who made it great.</B><BR><BR>Most Americans are familiar with the political history of the United States, but there is another history woven all through it, a largely forgotten history&#151;the story of the money men. Acclaimed historian H. W. Brands brings them back to life: J. P. Morgan, who stabilized a foundering U.S. Treasury in 1907; Alexander Hamilton, who founded the first national bank, and Nicholas Biddle, under whose directorship it failed; Jay Cooke, who helped to finance the Union war effort through his then-innovative strategy of selling bonds to ordinary Americans; and Jay Gould, who tried to corner the market on gold in 1869 and as a result brought about Black Friday and fled for his life. 2087396 2006 The Money Men: Capitalism, Democracy, and the Hundred Years' War over the American Dollar (Enterprise) total:26|5:1|4:13|3:10|2:2|1:0| 26 91 48 4 4 0 false false Tue Feb 17 07:21:16 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 17 07:49:25 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 01 08:50:35 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 02 03:13:32 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Mar 02 12:17:25 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 19 14:32:00 -0800 2009
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