When Washington shut down Wall Street: The great financial crisis of 1914 and the origins of America's monetary supremacy

When Washington Shut Down Wall Street: The Great Financial Crisis of 1914 and the Origins of America's Monetary Supremacy

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 1-217

  Silber, William L ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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