The World's First Stock Exchange
Contents
A World-Famous Book 1
2 A New Company 7
3 Early Share Trading 35
4 Angry Shareholders 51
5 Fraud 77
6 The First Boom 100
7 Jewish Traders 122
8 Information 143
9 Trading Clubs 165
10 Speculation 184
11 Crisis 202
12 The World-Famous Book Again 228
Epilogue 237
Acknowledgments and Overview of Literature and Sources 245
Notes 259
Glossary 275
Bibliography 279
Index 285
