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LEADER: 01810cam a22003734a 4500
001 2006013076
003 DLC
005 20101028082535.0
008 060420s2007 njua b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2006013076
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020 $a0691127476 ((hardcover) : alk. paper)
020 $a9780691127477 (hbk.)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm67773794
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050 00 $aHG3903$b.S54 2007
082 00 $a332.0973/09041$222
100 1 $aSilber, William L.
245 10 $aWhen Washington shut down Wall Street :$bthe great financial crisis of 1914 and the origins of America's monetary supremacy /$cWilliam L. Silber.
260 $aPrinceton :$bPrinceton University Press,$cc2007.
300 $a217 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [201]-205) and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction: the legacy of 1914 -- The opening salvo -- The European gold rush -- The nightmare of 1907 -- Unlocking emergency currency -- Sterling steals the spotlight -- New Street defies McAdoo -- Rescue -- End game -- Birth of a financial superpower -- Epilogue: blueprint for crisis control.
650 0 $aCurrency crises$zUnited States$vCase studies.
650 0 $aCurrency question.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1914-1918$xFinance.
600 10 $aMcAdoo, W. G.$q(William Gibbs),$d1863-1941.
650 0 $aGold standard.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0612/2006013076.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0654/2006013076-d.html
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0734/2006013076-b.html