Title:
America's bank : the epic struggle to create the Federal Reserve / Roger Lowenstein.
Author:
Lowenstein, Roger, author.
Publication Information:
New York : Penguin Press, 2015.
Call Number:
HG2563 .L69 2015
Abstract:
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.
ISBN:
9781594205491
Physical Description:
355 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Contents:
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".
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