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The Last Partnerships |
| By Geisst, Charles R. | |
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Selected as one of the Top 10 Business Books by Booklist "The Last Partnerships is an enormously enjoyable read."--United Press International The Last Partnerships narrates the rise and fall of the great financial houses--from the "Yankee Bankers" at the turn of the 19th century, up to Goldman Sachs's historic IPO in 1999-- tracing their origins, their successes and failures over the years, and the reasons for their ultimate demise. |
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Charles R. Geisst, professor of finance at Manhattan College, is the author of ten books including Wall Street: A History (1997) which was a New York Times Business Bestseller, selection of the History Book Club and the Book of the Month Club, and on the Canadian Business Bestseller list. In addition, Mr. Geisst is being considered as a featured expert on the subject of Wall Street for a television documentary currently being developed by Peter Guber (Columbia Studios). One of his other recent books, Investment Banking in the Financial System (Prentice Hall, 1995) was recently published in Beijing in a Chinese language edition. Geisst has been a frequent guest on CNBC, Bloomberg Television, and Nippon TV.
10.1036/0071413170Format: paperback,
338 pages.
Pub date: 1 Dec 2002
Copyright: 2003
$19.95 US
Product Line: McGraw-Hill
