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An immersive history of 50 major American banks and their transformation of the nation into a leading world power.
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Genealogy of American Finance
By Robert E. Wright and Richard Sylla
Foreword by Charles M. Royce
“ Genealogy of American Finance is a treasure trove of information on American banking and its history, in an unusual— and unusually useful— format.”
— John Steele Gordon, author of Empire of Wealth
An immersive history of 50 major American banks and their transformation of the nation into a leading world power.
In this gorgeously illustrated hardcover book— published by the Museum of American Finance and Columbia Business School Publishing— readers learn how 50 financial corporations came to dominate the US banking system, shaping the nation’ s political, social and economic growth along the way. A story that spans more than two centuries of war, crisis and exciting promise, this account reminds readers that American banking was never a fixed enterprise but has evolved in tandem with the fits and starts of the country. A key text for navigating the complex terrain of American finance, this volume draws a fascinating family tree for projecting the future of a nation.
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