{"product_id":"money-men-h-w-brands-9780393330502","title":"Money Men: Capitalism, Democracy, and the Hundred Years' War Over the American Dollar","description":"\u003cp\u003eMost Americans are familiar with the political history of the United States, but there is another history woven all through it, a largely forgotten history--the story of the money men. Acclaimed historian H. W. Brands brings them back to life: J. P. Morgan, who stabilized a foundering U.S. Treasury in 1907; Alexander Hamilton, who founded the first national bank, and Nicholas Biddle, under whose directorship it failed; Jay Cooke, who helped to finance the Union war effort through his then-innovative strategy of selling bonds to ordinary Americans; and Jay Gould, who tried to corner the market on gold in 1869 and as a result brought about Black Friday and fled for his life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e H. W. Brands\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0393330508\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780393330502\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.42lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.96h x 5.56w x 0.57d","brand":"H. W. Brands","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44051019563263,"sku":"9780393330502","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e4be18e7-e995-4892-8247-683781e85047.jpg?v=1685010611","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/money-men-h-w-brands-9780393330502","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}