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Wall Street: A Cultural History

Wall Street: A Cultural History

by SteveFraser (Author)

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    Paperback 2006

    $3.29

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    Hardcover 2005

    $5.63
Synopsis

Steve Fraser's epic book is a passionate, critical history of the most powerful financial district in the world. It can also be read as the story of capitalism in America, and of the great turning points in American history, but it is much more than a narrative of politics and economics.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 656
 Edition: Main
 Publisher: Faber & Faber
Published: 06 Apr 2006
ISBN 10: 0571218296
ISBN 13: 9780571218295
Book Overview: Wall Street: A Cultural History by Steve Fraser is much more than a narrative of politics and economy, amounting to a passionate and critical history of the most powerful financial district in the world.

Media Reviews
'Every so often a breathtakingly brilliant book comes along; Steve Fraser's Wall Street is one such work.' Frank McLynn, Herald 'Compendious and colourful. Fraser has done for Wall Street much of what David Kynaston did for the City of London in his great four-volume history.' Martin Vander Weyer, Daily Telegraph 'It is hard to imagine a more thoughtful, and urgent book than Fraser's picture of a nation willingly seduced by greed.' Eric Homberger, Independent
Author Bio
Steve Fraser is the author of Labor Will Rule: Sidney Hillman and the Rise of American Labor, which won the Philip Taft Prize for labour history. He has been a teaching fellow at Princeton and has also taught at New York University. He writes for The Nation, Los Angeles Times, Raritan and Dissent. He lives in New York City with his wife and children.