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The Philadelphia Stock Exchange and the City It Made recounts the history of America's first stock exchange and the ways it shaped the growth of the city around it.

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1. Revolutions in Capitalism: The Origins of the Philadelphia Stock Exchange
Chapter 2. National Capital: The Board of Brokers' Founding Generation
Chapter 3. Trade Wars and Bank Wars: The Board of Brokers in the Early Republic
Chapter 4. The "Workshop of the World": Industrial Capital and Industrial Revolutions
Chapter 5. Bankrolling the Union, Building the Metropolis
Chapter 6. Decadence: The Stock Exchange and the Fall of Philadelphia
Chapter 7. Revival: Making a Postindustrial Market
Chapter 8. Remapping Financial Capitalism: The PHLX's Long Ending
Appendix
Notes
Index

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      Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 14/04/2010
      ISBN13: 9780812242249, 978-0812242249
      ISBN10: 0812242246

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The Philadelphia Stock Exchange and the City It Made recounts the history of America's first stock exchange and the ways it shaped the growth of the city around it.

      Table of Contents

      Preface
      Introduction
      Chapter 1. Revolutions in Capitalism: The Origins of the Philadelphia Stock Exchange
      Chapter 2. National Capital: The Board of Brokers' Founding Generation
      Chapter 3. Trade Wars and Bank Wars: The Board of Brokers in the Early Republic
      Chapter 4. The "Workshop of the World": Industrial Capital and Industrial Revolutions
      Chapter 5. Bankrolling the Union, Building the Metropolis
      Chapter 6. Decadence: The Stock Exchange and the Fall of Philadelphia
      Chapter 7. Revival: Making a Postindustrial Market
      Chapter 8. Remapping Financial Capitalism: The PHLX's Long Ending
      Appendix
      Notes
      Index

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