Wall Street: A Cultural History

by Steve Fraser

A history of American economic power, told through the Manhattan street that came to define it.

Genres: Finance, History, Nonfiction, Business

Hardcover

Published January 1, 2005

About the author

Steve Fraser is an author, an editor, and a historian whose many publications include the award-winning books Labor Will Rule: Sidney Hillman and the Rise of American Labor and Every Man a Speculator: A History of Wall Street in American Life. He is senior lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania and cofounder of the American Empire Project, Metropolitan Books. He has written for the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the Nation, and the American Prospect.

Reviews

[Adam · Rating 4 out of 5]

A well written book with many interesting cultural histories surrounding the evolution of the Wall Street. With 540 pages, it's a bit long to finish.

[Brandon]

a fascinating look into an excessive section of the American Culture in profession that blasted out in the late 20s and 80s.