San Antonio College Library

"H. W. Brands recounts the century-long battle for the lifeblood of American commerce and power, focusing on five men whose lives and actions indelibly affected the course of American financial history. The story of these men is the story of how America transformed itself from a squabbling collection of small states into the foremost economic power in the world."--Jacket.

The author "draws on diaries, private letters, memoirs, and reportage" to illuminate "how the getting and spending of Wall Street are inextricably linked with America's national character."--Jacket.

Includes material on John D. Rockefeller, J. Pierpoint Morgan, Cornelius Vanderbilt, William H. Vanderbilt, Andrew Carnegie, E.H. Harriman, Jay Gould, Jim Fisk, Jay Cooke, Daniel Drew, Henry C. Frick, James J. Hill, Charles M. Schwab, Henry Villard, Standard Oil Company, trusts.

"The story of the empire builders, the robber barons and the great tycoons, who, in their search for wealth and power, changed the course of history"--Jacket subtitle. Includes material on Cornelius Vanderbilt, Andrew Carnegie, John Davison Rockefeller, Henry Ford, Daniel Drew, Jim Fisk, Edward Henry Harriman, Du Pont family, John Pierpont Morgan, Andrew W. Mellon, Insull family, Jay Gould, Henry Clay Frick, Charles M. Schwab, Gustavus Franklin Swift,...

Explores how a group of quants, including theoretical mathematician Peter Muller, Citadel Investment Group head Ken Griffin, AQR Capital Management founder Cliff Asness, and former Deutsche Bank trader Boaz Weinstein, applied quantitative analysis to stockbroker investments to make large sums of money, and discusses the implications of their actions.

"In his memoir, On Money and Markets, Dr. Kaufman explores a broad range of important topics in modern business and finance, and shares his views and predictions on what to expect in the world's changing economic environment. This book - part autobiography, part financial history, part analysis of modern business and finance - is rich with insights for investors, business and financial leaders, economists, academics, and economic policymakers."--Jacket....

"In Wall Street to Main Street Edwin J. Perkins focuses on the spectacularly successful career of financier Charles Merrill (1885-1956), the founder of Merrill Lynch, the world's largest brokerage and investment firm. The most innovative entrepreneur in the financial services sector in the twentieth century, Merrill was the central figure in the promotion of common stocks as a prudent long-term investment vehicle for middle-class Americans. With more...

The real-life story of three generations of an ultra-rich Texas family details how the Murchisons made and increased their fortune during the boom years until long-standing family secrets and resentments plunged them into bankruptcy.

"The Men Who Built America" profiles the men whose outsized drive, ambition, and business savvy constructed a bold vision for a modern America and transformed the greatest industries of our time: oil, rail, steel, shipping, automobiles, and finance. Vanderbilt, Rockefeller, Carnegie, and Morgan have gone unmonitored for decades, but American politicians are about to change that.