When Washington Shut Down Wall Street: The Great Financial Crisis of 1914 and the Origins of America's Monetary Supremacy
- ISBN-10
- 0691127476
- ISBN-13
- 9780691127477
- Category
- Business & Economics
- Pages
- 217
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Author
- William L. Silber
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