Jay Cooke, Private Banker / Henrietta M. Larson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Larson, Henrietta M., author.

Series:

Harvard Studies in Business History

Harvard Studies in Business History ; 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Banks and banking.

Biografie, Genealogie, Heraldik.

Banks and banking--United States--History.

Cooke, Jay, 1821-1905.

Local Subjects:

Banks and banking--United States--History.

Cooke, Jay, 1821-1905.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (529 p.): 1 Frontispiz

Edition:

Reprint 2014

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION

AUTHOR'S PREFACE

I. A SON OF THE FRONTIER

II. JAY COOKE'S BANKING INHERITANCE

III. A BROKER'S CLERK

IV. PARTNER IN E. W. CLARK & CO., 1843-1857

V. E. W. CLARK & CO. IN THE INVESTMENT BUSINESS

VI. THE BANKER TURNS TO TRANSPORTATION 1858-1860

VII. JAY COOKE & CO. AND EARLY CIVIL WAR FINANCE, 1861-1862

VIII. THE SALE OF THE FIVE-TWENTIES AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NATIONAL BANKING SYSTEM

IX. JAY COOKE AND LATER WAR FINANCE 1863-1865

XI. JAY COOKE AND POST-WAR FINANCIAL POLITICS 1865-1869

XII. DEALING IN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES 1865-1869

XIII. JAY COOKE'S OTHER BUSINESS INTERESTS 1865-1869

XIV. ENTERING NORTHERN PACIFIC FINANCE

XV. THE NORTHERN PACIFIC UNDER WAY 1870

XVI. REORGANIZATION AND EXPANSION OF JAY COOKE'S BANKING BUSINESS, 1870-1871

XVII. THE NORTHERN PACIFIC BOND CAMPAIGN OF JAY COOKE & CO. IN 1871

XVIII. INCREASING DIFFICULTIES WITH THE NORTHERN PACIFIC IN 1872

XIX. THE FALL OF THE BANKING HOUSE OF JAY COOKE, 1872-1873

XX. JAY COOKE CARRIES ON

REFERENCES AND NOTES

INDEX

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)

ISBN:

0-674-43050-6

OCLC:

1013947751