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The Money Manias: The Eras of Great Speculation in America 1770-1970
By Robert Sobel 
2000/09 - Beard Books 1587980282 - Paperback - Reprint - 415 pp. US$34.95 The Money Manias is an anatomy of American speculation that provides an interesting perspective on the American risk-taking and entrepreneurial character. Publisher Comments
A recreation of the periods of great risk and speculation in American history, this original and fascinating book explores the giant Vandalia land venture that involved George Washington in the last quarter of the eighteenth century, the disastrous canal-building schemes that enticed investors during the 1880s, the giant steel company consolidations that were formed at the turn of the century, the ill-fated Florida land boom of the 1920s, and the recent conglomerate craze. Robert Sobel traces the vicissitudes of investor sentiment at each succeeding folly. The Money Manias is an anatomy of American speculation that provides an interesting perspective on the American risk-taking and entrepreneurial character.
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 Robert
Sobel was born in 1931 and died in 1999. He was a prolific historian of
American business life, writing or editing more than 50 books and hundreds
of articles and corporate profiles. He was a professor of business at
Hofstra University for 43 years and held a Ph.D. from New York University.
Besides producing books, articles, book reviews, scripts for television
and audiotapes, he was a weekly columnist for Newsday from 1972 to 1988.
At the time of his death he was a contributing editor to Barron's
Magazine.
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