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The Masters of Capital: A Chronicle of Wall Street

by John Moody. 238 pgs.

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Contributors:

   John Moody

Publisher:

   Yale University Press

Place of Publication:

  New Haven, CT  

Publication Year:

  1921
Subjects:   Wall Street, Capitalists And Financiers--United States, Finance--United States--History
Table of contents
CONTENTS
I THE RISE OF THE HOUSE OF MORGAN Page 1
II MORGAN AND THE RAILROADS " 19
III THE IRONMASTERS " 35
IV. STANDARD OIL AND WALL STREET " 52
V. THE STEEL TRUST MERGER " 70
VI. HARRIMAN AND HILL " 89
VII THE APEX OF "HIGH FINANCE" " 109
VIII THE PANIC OF 1907 AND AFTER " 134
IX WALL STREET AND THE WORLD WAR " 155
APPENDIX " 181
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE " 221
INDEX " 225
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