Displaying 1 of 1 2001 Format: Book Author: Rottenberg, Dan. Title: The man who made Wall Street : Anthony J. Drexel and the rise of modern finance / Dan Rottenberg. Publisher, Date: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2001. Description: xvii, 262 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Summary: Anthony also was a partner and mentor to J.P. Morgan, installing the young man in a New York branch of Drexel, Morgan & Co. that helped establish Wall Street as the enduring center of American finance. Subjects: Drexel, Anthony J. (Anthony Joseph), 1826-1893. Bankers -- United States -- Biography. Capitalists and financiers -- United States -- Biography. Bankers -- Biography. Bankers -- United States -- Biography. Capitalists and financiers -- United States -- Biography. Genre: Biographies. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-241) and index. Contents: Part 1. Survival. The artist as fugitive -- The making of a currency broker -- Part 2. Success. "As good a bargain as possible" -- "A wild and reckless people" -- Part 3. Struggle. "The Yankees did not whip us in the field" -- The rise of George Childs -- The delusions of Jay Cooke -- Part 4. Power. "A first-class businessman" -- Panic and progress -- The perils of partnership -- Railroad boom -- Part 5. Salvation. Reluctant Titan -- Two social revolutionaries -- The burden of conscience -- Epilogue: The death and rebirth of the house of Drexel. LCCN: 2001027621 ISBN: 0812236262 9780812236262 081221966X 9780812219661 Other Number: 46685257 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 101182 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: 332.1092 Rottenbe Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
