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1	100 Years of Wall Street more books like this by Charles R Geisst, Richard A Grasso (Foreword by) add to wishlist A beautifully produced coffee-table book that is also solid history by a renowned financial expert, Charles R. Geisst's "100 Years of Wall Street" is a story of amazing excess: outlandish as well as brilliant financial players, dizzying swings in the country's fortunes, great triumphs followed by breathtaking disasters, and periods of sober ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.45! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Wall Street: A History more books like this by Charles R Geisst (Preface by) add to wishlist Wall Street is the stuff of legend and a source of nightmares, a force so powerful in American society--and, indeed, in world economics and culture--that it has become an almost universal symbol of both the highest aspirations of commercial success and the basest impulses of greed and deception. How did such a small, concentrated pocket of lower ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Wall Street: A History: From Its Beginnings to the Fall of Enron more books like this by Charles R Geisst add to wishlist In the seven years since the publication of the first edition of "Wall Street", America's financial industry has undergone a series of wrenching events that have dramatically changed the nation's economic landscape. The bull market of the 1990's came to a close, ushering in the end of the dot com boom, a record number of mergers occurred, and ... see all copies from $7.99! new only from $15.60! \| first editions \| SVS
4	The Last Partnerships: Inside the Great Wall Street Money Dynasties more books like this by Charles R Geisst add to wishlist Long part of the Wall Street financial structure, the great partnerships of Wall Street ruled American finance from the turn of the 19th century with a combination of financial expertise, political power, and a mythical power that borrowed on true folklore. These money dynasties have disappeared from the financial landscape. While their place has ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $22.50! \| first editions
5	Deals of the Century: Wall Street, Mergers, and the Making of Modern America more books like this by Charles R Geisst add to wishlist Throughout history, mergers and acquisitions have been the major game played on Wall Street. These deals have had far reaching effects, on the worlds of finance and industry more than most commentators or financiers are publicly willing to admit. "Deals of the Century" captures this dynamic moment in history by taking an in depth look at the most ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $13.18! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Monopolies in America: The Bigness of Business and the Business of Bigness more books like this by Charles R Geisst add to wishlist In this incisive and comprehensive history, business historian Charles Geisst traces the rise of monopolies from the railroad era to today's computer software empires. The history of monopolies has been dominated by strong and charismatic personalities. Adding a fascinating element to his book, Geisst tells the stories behind the individuals-from ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Undue Influence: How the Wall Street Elite Puts the Financial System at Risk more books like this by Charles R Geisst add to wishlist A critical look at over 80 years of conflict, collusion, and corruption between financiers and politicians Undue Influence paints a vivid portrait of the dealings between "the few", in this case members of Congress, the banking community, and the Fed, and sheds light on how radical new deregulatory measures could be introduced by unelected ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $23.60! \| first editions
8	Exchange Rate Chaos: Twenty-Five Years of Finance and Consumer Democracy more books like this by Charles R Geisst add to wishlist The Bretton Woods system ensured a quarter of a century of relative stability on the world's financial markets. The quarter of a century which has followed, has brought financial chaos and excessive financial volatility. This work describes and compares US and British financial history during this period. It highlights: similarities in financial ... see all copies from $27.05! new only from $133.00! \| first editions
9	Last Partnerships more books like this by Charles R Geisst add to wishlist Selected as one of the Top 10 Business Books by Booklist The Last Partnerships narrates the rise and fall of the great financial houses--from the "Yankee Bankers" at the turn of the 19th century, up to Goldman Sachs's historic IPO in 1999-- tracing their origins, their successes and failures over the years, and the reasons for their ultimate ... see all copies from $5.00! new only from $29.56! \| SVS
10	A Guide to Financial Institutions more books like this by Charles R Geisst add to wishlist An introductory survey of financial institutions in Britain and the United States. Discusses the structure and functions of commercial banks, building associations, investment banks, life insurance companies and pension funds, and American federal agencies. Also includes a chapter on the financial deregulation and events of the 1980s that helped ... see all copies from $15.52! new only from $20.00! \| first editions
11	Investment Banking in the Financial System more books like this by Charles R Geisst add to wishlist see all copies from $38.00! new only from $38.00! \| first editions
12 view cover	Encyclopedia of American Business History Set more books like this by Charles R Geisst add to wishlist This two-volume, A-to-Z encyclopedia provides detailed coverage of America's business history, from the Hudson fur trade to the Internet. More than 400 lively, informative entries profile corporate titans and tycoons, Wall Street wizards, industry leaders, and major events and institutions of American business - spanning the period after American ... see all copies from $57.59! new only from $141.88! \| SVS
13 view cover	Visionary Capitalism: Financial Markets and the American Dream in the Twentieth Century more books like this by Charles R Geisst add to wishlist This work presents a financial history of the United States in the 20th century from the commercial and investment banking perspective. The author traces the development of both industries from the 1920s through the conditions of the present marketplace and looks at the simultaneous development of the federal regulatory agencies that grew up ... see all copies from $70.00! new only from $70.00! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Entrepot Capitalism: Foreign Investment and the American Dream in the Twentieth Century more books like this by Charles R Geisst add to wishlist This is a history of the subject of foreign investment in the United States since 1920. It shows how the United States changed from a debtor nation to a supplier of capital to the rest of the world, and then details the structural shifts to this creditor position after the breakdown of the Bretton Woods system in 1972. Geisst demonstrates that the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $109.82!
15	The Political Thought of John Milton more books like this by Charles R. Geisst add to wishlist see all copies from $12.00! first editions
16 view cover	Wheels of Fortune: The History of Speculation from Scandal to Respectability more books like this by Charles R Geisst add to wishlist Wheels of Fortune is an engaging and original story that traces the rich, colorful, and often scandalous history of speculation in the U.S. financial markets. Set against a backdrop that begins prior to the Civil War and continues through the twentieth century, renowned business historian and bestselling author Charles Geisst takes you on an ... see all copies from $3.00! new only from $3.39! \| first editions \| SVS
17	Raising International Capital: International Bond Markets and the European Institutions more books like this by Charles R Geisst add to wishlist see all copies from $117.99!
18	Monopolies in America: Empire Builders and Their Enemies From Jay Gould to Bill Gates by Geisst Charles R. add to wishlist see all copies from $20.00!
19 view cover	Collateral Damaged: The Marketing of Consumer Debt to America more books like this by Charles R Geisst add to wishlist Sometime in the 1970s and 1980s, the use of credit cards, which had begun as a convenience, began to grow into an addiction. Collateral Damaged: The Marketing of Consumer Debt to America explains how a nation of savers became a nation of consumers and how Wall Street used consumers' addiction to spending to create the "toxic securities" that ... see all copies from $13.45! new only from $18.50! \| SVS
20 view cover	A Guide to the Financial Markets more books like this by Charles R Geisst add to wishlist This book brings together all the major financial markets. The author achieves this by organizing the material into capital markets and hedging markets. Each chapter provides a discussion of each market, beginning with basic definitions and concepts and finishing with current problems. see all copies from $1.99! first editions
21 view cover	Financial Futures Markets more books like this by Brendan Brown, Charles R. Geisst add to wishlist In 'Financial Futures Markets' the authors explain in as clear a way as possible this very complex market. They detail the nature of financial futures trading, highlighting the key channels which link the conventional cash markets and the new financial futures markets. This book pays special attention to the practical details of the financial ... see all copies from $4.78!
22	A Guide to the Financial Institutions by Charles R. Geisst add to wishlist An introductory survey of financial institutions in Britain and the United States. Discusses the structure and functions of commercial banks, building associations, investment banks, life insurance companies and pension funds, and American federal agencies. Also includes a chapter on the financial deregulation and events of the 1980s that helped ... see all copies from $4.56! new only from $127.79!
23	A Guide to the Financial Institutions by Charles R. Geisst add to wishlist An introductory survey of financial institutions in Britain and the United States. Discusses the structure and functions of commercial banks, building associations, investment banks, life insurance companies and pension funds, and American federal agencies. see all copies from $67.04!

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