Wall Street

出版者:Oxford University Press, USA

作者:Charles R. Geisst

页数:416

出版时间:1997-9-18

价格:USD 80.00

装帧:Hardcover

isbn号码:9780195115123

具体描述

Wall Street is the stuff of legend and a source of nightmares, a force so powerful in American society--and, indeed, in world economics and culture--that it has become an almost universal symbol of both the highest aspirations of commercial success and the basest impulses of greed and deception. How did such a small, concentrated pocket of lower Manhattan came to have such enormous influence in national and world affairs. In this wide-ranging volume, economic historian Charles Geisst answers this question as he provides the first history of Wall Street, ranging from the loose association of traders meeting on New York sidewalks and coffee houses in the late 18th century, to the modern billion-dollar computer-driven colossus of today. Here is a fascinating chronicle of America's securities industry and of its role in our nation's economic development. Geisst's narrative ranges over two centuries, from just after the Revolutionary War, to the California Gold Rush and the economic boom (for the North) of the Civil War, to the great stock market crash of 1929, right up to the recent junk bond frenzy and the merger mania of the 1980s that culminated in the fall of Drexel Burnham. The book traces many themes--the move of industry and business westward in the early 19th century, the rise of the great Robber Barons, the influence of the securities market on incredible growth of industry, particularly in the innovative financing of the railroads and major steel companies and crucial investments in Bell's and Edison's technical innovations. Geisst also looks at the gradual increase in government involvement in Wall Street, revealing how regulation had been minimal at first and many investors had suffered from the abuses of corrupt firms. But with the beginning of the New Deal, the government stepped in to pass a series of laws--centered on the Securities Exchange Commission--that severely restricted the ways that Wall Street firms could operate. Here began a heated debate that still rages today between those who want unfettered license to operate as they please and those who want the government to regulate the market to curb corruption. Of course, "The Street" has always been a breeding ground for characters with brazen nerve, and no history of the stock market would be complete without a look at the most ruthless wheeler dealers. Geisst for instance details the manipulations by which Jay Gould and associates cornered the gold market, leading to the terrifying market crash on "Black Friday" in September 1869. Here too are battles of will between powerful personalities and the determined rise to power of such "self made men" as John Jacob Astor, John D. Rockefeller, and Cornelius "Commodore" Vanderbilt--as well as the connivings of lesser known deal makers like William Crapo "Billy" Durant, reputed to have made $50 million in three months shortly before the stock market crash in 1929. Wall Street is at once a chronicle of the street itself, from the days when the wall was merely a defensive barricade built by Peter Stuyvesant, and in a broader sense it is an engaging economic history of the United States, a tale of profits and losses, endlessly enterprising spirits, and the role Wall Street played in helping America become the most powerful economy in the world.

读后感

本来这种纪年史读起来就艰深，作者的文字驾驭能力必须炉火纯青。 原著1/5的文字是名字，但读起来尚且通畅有趣。 本版的翻译相当生硬，人名错拼（内容摘要第三页，将洛克菲勒拼成rockfeller）、错翻极多（如托克维尔troqueville误译为特洛克威利），有些关键段落甚至不译（第四...

本来这种纪年史读起来就艰深，作者的文字驾驭能力必须炉火纯青。 原著1/5的文字是名字，但读起来尚且通畅有趣。 本版的翻译相当生硬，人名错拼（内容摘要第三页，将洛克菲勒拼成rockfeller）、错翻极多（如托克维尔troqueville误译为特洛克威利），有些关键段落甚至不译（第四...

本来这种纪年史读起来就艰深，作者的文字驾驭能力必须炉火纯青。 原著1/5的文字是名字，但读起来尚且通畅有趣。 本版的翻译相当生硬，人名错拼（内容摘要第三页，将洛克菲勒拼成rockfeller）、错翻极多（如托克维尔troqueville误译为特洛克威利），有些关键段落甚至不译（第四...

本来这种纪年史读起来就艰深，作者的文字驾驭能力必须炉火纯青。 原著1/5的文字是名字，但读起来尚且通畅有趣。 本版的翻译相当生硬，人名错拼（内容摘要第三页，将洛克菲勒拼成rockfeller）、错翻极多（如托克维尔troqueville误译为特洛克威利），有些关键段落甚至不译（第四...

本来这种纪年史读起来就艰深，作者的文字驾驭能力必须炉火纯青。 原著1/5的文字是名字，但读起来尚且通畅有趣。 本版的翻译相当生硬，人名错拼（内容摘要第三页，将洛克菲勒拼成rockfeller）、错翻极多（如托克维尔troqueville误译为特洛克威利），有些关键段落甚至不译（第四...

用户评价

一开始还不错，但越到后来写的越粗糙，当然这也可能和我比较了解近代史有关。本书的很大问题是，虽然写华尔街写美国经济史是不可避免的，但此书更多是在谈宏观而非谈华尔街本身，因此对华尔街公司的运作和历史的介绍还远不如Chernow谈摩根。另外，本书重复很多、味同嚼蜡、甚至还有事实出入显示了编辑极度不到位，作者功力也浅。总而言之，只能算是聊胜于无的鸡肋华尔街历史。

一开始还不错，但越到后来写的越粗糙，当然这也可能和我比较了解近代史有关。本书的很大问题是，虽然写华尔街写美国经济史是不可避免的，但此书更多是在谈宏观而非谈华尔街本身，因此对华尔街公司的运作和历史的介绍还远不如Chernow谈摩根。另外，本书重复很多、味同嚼蜡、甚至还有事实出入显示了编辑极度不到位，作者功力也浅。总而言之，只能算是聊胜于无的鸡肋华尔街历史。

一开始还不错，但越到后来写的越粗糙，当然这也可能和我比较了解近代史有关。本书的很大问题是，虽然写华尔街写美国经济史是不可避免的，但此书更多是在谈宏观而非谈华尔街本身，因此对华尔街公司的运作和历史的介绍还远不如Chernow谈摩根。另外，本书重复很多、味同嚼蜡、甚至还有事实出入显示了编辑极度不到位，作者功力也浅。总而言之，只能算是聊胜于无的鸡肋华尔街历史。

一开始还不错，但越到后来写的越粗糙，当然这也可能和我比较了解近代史有关。本书的很大问题是，虽然写华尔街写美国经济史是不可避免的，但此书更多是在谈宏观而非谈华尔街本身，因此对华尔街公司的运作和历史的介绍还远不如Chernow谈摩根。另外，本书重复很多、味同嚼蜡、甚至还有事实出入显示了编辑极度不到位，作者功力也浅。总而言之，只能算是聊胜于无的鸡肋华尔街历史。

一开始还不错，但越到后来写的越粗糙，当然这也可能和我比较了解近代史有关。本书的很大问题是，虽然写华尔街写美国经济史是不可避免的，但此书更多是在谈宏观而非谈华尔街本身，因此对华尔街公司的运作和历史的介绍还远不如Chernow谈摩根。另外，本书重复很多、味同嚼蜡、甚至还有事实出入显示了编辑极度不到位，作者功力也浅。总而言之，只能算是聊胜于无的鸡肋华尔街历史。