America's bank : the epic struggle to create the Federal Reserve / Roger Lowenstein.
2015
332.110973 L917a 2015
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Title
America's bank : the epic struggle to create the Federal Reserve / Roger Lowenstein.
Author
ISBN
9781594205491 (hbk.)
1594205493 (hbk.)
1594205493 (hbk.)
Published
New York : Penguin Press, 2015.
Language
English
Description
355 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Call Number
332.110973 L917a 2015
System Control No.
(OCoLC)900623976
(OCoLC)900623976
(OCoLC)900623976
Summary
Chronicles the tumultuous era and remarkable personalities that created the Federal Reserve, tracing the financial panic and widespread distrust of bankers that prompted the landmark 1913 Federal Reserve Act and launched America's first steps onto the world financial stage.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 274-335) and index.
Formatted Contents Note
Part one: The road to Jekyl Island ; The forbidden words ; Privileged banker, self-made senator ; Jitters on Wall Street ; Panic ; The crossing ; Progressivism ; Jekyl Island
Part two: The legislative area. Into the crucible ; The great campaign ; Woodrow's miracle ; The Princeton depot ; The "slime of Bryanism" ; "The impossible has happened".
Part two: The legislative area. Into the crucible ; The great campaign ; Woodrow's miracle ; The Princeton depot ; The "slime of Bryanism" ; "The impossible has happened".
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