Once in Golconda：A True Drama of Wall Street 1920-1938

图书标准信息

• 作者 John Brooks 著
• 出版社 Wiley
• 出版时间 1999-09
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780471357520
• 定价 224.30元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 307页
• 正文语种 英语
• 丛书 Wiley Investment Classics (Paperback)

【内容简介】

OnceinGolconda"Inthisbook,JohnBrooks-whowasoneofthemostelegantofallbusinesswriters-perfectlycatchestheflavorofoneofhistory'sbest-knownfinancialdramas:the1929crashanditsaftershocks.It'spackedwithparallelsandparablesforthemodernreader."-FromtheForewordbyRichardLambertEditor-in-Chief,TheFinancialTimesOnceinGolcondaisadramaticchronicleofthebreathtakingrise,devastatingfall,andpainstakingrebirthofWallStreetintheyearsbetweenthewars.Focusingonthelivesandfortunesofsomeoftheera'smostmemorabletraders,bankers,boosters,andfrauds,JohnBrooksbringstovividlifealltheruthlessness,greed,andrecklesseuphoriaofthe'20sbullmarket,thedesperationofthedaysleadinguptothecrashof'29,andthebitternessoftheyearsthatfollowed.PraiseforOnceinGolconda"Afast-moving,sophisticatedaccount.embracingthestock-marketboomofthetwenties,thecrashof1929,theDepression,andthecomingoftheNewDeal.ItsleitmotifisthetrulytragicpersonalhistoryofRichardWhitney,thearistocratMorganbrokerandheadoftheStockExchange,whoendedupinSingSing."-EdmundWilson,writingintheNewYorker"AsMr.Brookstellsthistaleofdishonor,desperation,andthefallofthemighty,ittakesonovertonesofGreektragedy,akingbroughtdownbypride.Whitney'ssordidhistoryhasbeentoldbefore..ButinMr.Brooks'shands,thedramabecomesfreshlyshocking."-WallStreetJournal"It'sallthereinOnceinGolconda-theavariceofanerathatfavoredtherich;andthelateranguishofmyriadsofspeculatorsdoomedbyabloatedmarket,easycredit,andtheirowncupidityandstupidity."-SaturdayReview

【作者简介】

JOHNBROOKSwasanaward-winningNewYorkerstaffwriterandauthorofseveralcriticallyacclaimedexplorationsofbusinessandWallStreet.BesidesOnceinGolconda,theseincludeTheGo-GoYears(Wiley),TheGamesPlayers,BusinessAdventures,andTheFateoftheEdsel.