Men and Mysteries of Wall Street : 9781602069947

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

Publisher: Cosimo Classics

Publication Date: Dec 01, 2007

Number of Pages: 372 pages

Binding: Hardback or Cased Book

ISBN-10: 1602069948

ISBN-13: 9781602069947