This book is the story of four generations of Morgans and the powerful, secretive firms they spawned that would transform the modern financial world. Tracing the trajectory of J.P. Morgan's empire from its obscure beginnings in Victorian London to the financial crisis of 1987, t…
Traces the rise of the J.P. Morgan empire from its beginnings in Victorian London to the crash of 1987.
Traces the rise of the J.P. Morgan empire from its beginnings in Victorian London to the crash of 1987.
This book is a rich, panoramic story of four generations of Morgans and the powerful, secretive firms they spawned that would transform the modern financial world. Tracing the trajectory of J.P. Morgan's empire from its obscure beginnings in Victorian London to the financial cri…
Tells the story of four generations of Morgans and the powerful, secretive firms they spawned that would transform the modern financial world. Tracing the trajectory of J.P. Morgan's empire from its obscure beginnings in Victorian London to the financial crisis of 1987, Chernow …
Traces the rise of the J.P. Morgan empire from its beginnings in Victorian London to the crash of 1987.
The United States has fairly recently experienced the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. But crippling financial crises are hardly unusual: economic emergencies have occurred throughout American history and can be seen as a cyclical and "normal" (if undesirable)…
"Covering events such as banking crises, economic bubbles, natural disasters, trade embargos, and depressions, this single-volume encyclopedia of major U.S. financial downturns provides readers with an event-driven understanding of the evolution of the American economy" Coverin…
"Covering events such as banking crises, economic bubbles, natural disasters, trade embargos, and depressions, this single-volume encyclopedia of major U.S. financial downturns provides readers with an event-driven understanding of the evolution of the American economy"--
