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Every Man a Speculator: A History of Wall Street in American Life

Every Man a Speculator: A History of Wall Street in American Life

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作者: Steven Fraser 著

出版社: HarperCollins

出版时间: 2005-02

ISBN: 9780066620480

定价: 273.30

装帧: 精装

开本: 其他

纸张: 其他

页数: 752页

正文语种: 英语

分类: 外文古旧书>英文书>历史

Formorethantwohundredyears,Americanshaveenjoyedalove-haterelationshipwithWallStreet.Longanobjectofsuspicionandfear,iteventuallycametobeseenasamoreinvitingplace,anopenroadtowealthandfreedom.Peelingawaythelayersofmythsurroundingthisfabledstreet,SteveFrasershowsthattheremarkabletransformationofWallStreetasaculturalicon--itsodysseyfromperditiontosalvation,fromdarknessintolight--isastorythatgoestotheheartoftheAmericancharacter.Longbeforewebecameashareholdernation,backwhenonlyaminusculepartofthecountry'spopulationinvested,WallStreethadalreadyprovokedAmerica'scollectiveimagination.FromthedayswhenAlexanderHamiltonwasforcedtoconfesshismaritalinfidelitiesinordertodefendhisvisionoftheRepublic'sfinancialfuture,toGordonGekko'smantra"Greedisgood"inthemovieWallStreet,Americanshavealwaysbeenpreoccupiedwiththevirtuesandsinsofthestockmarket.Indeed,WallStreetistheplacewherewehaveconstantlyreturnedtowrestlewithourancestralattitudesaboutworkandplay,equalityandwealth,Godandmammon,heroesandvillains,nationalpurposeandeconomicwell-being.BeginningintheRevolutionaryera,EveryManaSpeculatorrevealstheextraordinarypowerofWallStreetanditsimpactonourdemocracy;themoraldilemmaposedforasocietycommittedtotheworkethicyetluredbythepromiseofinstantwealth;andthechronictensionbetweenournativeegalitarianismandtheforcesofsocialhierarchyunleashedbytheStreet.Indoingso,itspanstheages,fromCaptainKidd'ssojournontheStreetthroughtheCivilWarandGreatDepressiontothepresentday,whenpowerbrokersstalkthecanyonsoflowerManhattanspeculatingonthefateofwholenations.InEveryManaSpeculator,SteveFraserbringsthisepichistorytolifewithcolorfultalesofconfidencemenandaristocrats,Napoleonicfinanciersandrecklessadventurers,masterbuildersandroguishdestroyers,mentothemanorbornandmenfromnowhere.Meticulouslyresearchedandmasterfullywritten,thisisagripping,powerfulchroniclethatcastsnewlightonthemetamorphosisofournation'smostcherishedvalues.
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Formorethantwohundredyears,Americanshaveenjoyedalove-haterelationshipwithWallStreet.Longanobjectofsuspicionandfear,iteventuallycametobeseenasamoreinvitingplace,anopenroadtowealthandfreedom.Peelingawaythelayersofmythsurroundingthisfabledstreet,SteveFrasershowsthattheremarkabletransformationofWallStreetasaculturalicon--itsodysseyfromperditiontosalvation,fromdarknessintolight--isastorythatgoestotheheartoftheAmericancharacter.Longbeforewebecameashareholdernation,backwhenonlyaminusculepartofthecountry'spopulationinvested,WallStreethadalreadyprovokedAmerica'scollectiveimagination.FromthedayswhenAlexanderHamiltonwasforcedtoconfesshismaritalinfidelitiesinordertodefendhisvisionoftheRepublic'sfinancialfuture,toGordonGekko'smantra"Greedisgood"inthemovieWallStreet,Americanshavealwaysbeenpreoccupiedwiththevirtuesandsinsofthestockmarket.Indeed,WallStreetistheplacewherewehaveconstantlyreturnedtowrestlewithourancestralattitudesaboutworkandplay,equalityandwealth,Godandmammon,heroesandvillains,nationalpurposeandeconomicwell-being.BeginningintheRevolutionaryera,EveryManaSpeculatorrevealstheextraordinarypowerofWallStreetanditsimpactonourdemocracy;themoraldilemmaposedforasocietycommittedtotheworkethicyetluredbythepromiseofinstantwealth;andthechronictensionbetweenournativeegalitarianismandtheforcesofsocialhierarchyunleashedbytheStreet.Indoingso,itspanstheages,fromCaptainKidd'ssojournontheStreetthroughtheCivilWarandGreatDepressiontothepresentday,whenpowerbrokersstalkthecanyonsoflowerManhattanspeculatingonthefateofwholenations.InEveryManaSpeculator,SteveFraserbringsthisepichistorytolifewithcolorfultalesofconfidencemenandaristocrats,Napoleonicfinanciersandrecklessadventurers,masterbuildersandroguishdestroyers,mentothemanorbornandmenfromnowhere.Meticulouslyresearchedandmasterfullywritten,thisisagripping,powerfulchroniclethatcastsnewlightonthemetamorphosisofournation'smostcherishedvalues.

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