Dividends of Development: Securities Markets in the History of U.S. Capitalism, 1865-1922

by Mary A. O'Sullivan

The unprecedented importance of finance in our societies, as well as its central role in provoking economic crises, has generated an enormous interest in understanding the historical origins and evolution of modern financial systems. Today the U.S. economy is seen as an archetype of a capitalist system in which securities markets play a central role. Moreover, these markets have had a high profile in some of the most dramatic moments in U.S. history,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199584443
• ISBN13: 9780199584444
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 404 Pages
• Weight: 2.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.9" x 9.4"