Men and Mysteries of Wall Street

Now it can be told! The secrets and insider knowledge of high finance-as the industry stood in 1878-are all revealed here in this curious and now entirely historical work of post-Civil War financial journalism. Discover. . how the New York Stock Exchange operated before the telephone! . what kept the "machinery of speculation" greased . the scheming of 19th-century stockbrokers . the "habits and humors" of the Street at the time . and more!

Author: James K. Medbery
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Cosimo Classics
Published: 12/01/2007
Pages: 372
Weight: 1.34lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9781602069947