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Record Nr.

UNINA9910136121503321

Autore

Lowenstein Roger

Titolo

America's Bank : The Epic Struggle to Create the Federal Reserve

Pubbl/distr/stampa

East Rutherford : , : Penguin Publishing Group, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-101-61412-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (455 pages)

Disciplina

332.1/10973

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

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".

Sommario/riassunto

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.