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Banks and politics in America: from the Revolution to the Civil War
Bray Hammond
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Frontmatter
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Preface (page vii)
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1. The Setting, 1694-1781 (page 3)
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2. The First American Bank, Philadelphia, 1781-1787 (page 40)
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3. The Start in New York, Boston, and Baltimore, 1784-1790 (page 65)
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4. Money, Banking, and the Federal Constitution, 1787-1791 (page 89)
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5. The Bank of the United States, 1791-1811 (page 114)
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6. Politics and the Growth of Banking, 1791-1816 (page 144)
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7. Failures and Restraints, 1791-1820 (page 172)
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8. The Federal Bank in Operation and Extinction, 1791-1811 (page 197)
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9. War, Suspension, and Resumption, 1812-1816 (page 227)
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10. The New Federal Bank, 1816-1822 (page 251)
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11. Nicholas Biddle, 1822-1828 (page 286)
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12. The Jacksonians, 1829-1841 (page 326)
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13. The Assault on the Federal Bank, 1829-1832 (page 369)
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14. The Federal Bank Destroyed, 1832-1836 (page 405)
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15. Panic, Suspension, Resumption, 1837-38 (page 451)
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16. The Foundering of the United States Bank of Pennsylvania, 1839-1841 (page 500)
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17. The Suffolk Bank; the Safety Fund; Briscoe v. Bank of Kentucky; 1819-1865 (page 549)
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18. Free Banking in New York and Michigan, 1835-1865 (page 572)
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19. The West: Monopoly, Prohibition, Laisser Faire, and Regulation, 1830-1865 (page 605)
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20. Banking in Canada before Confederation, 1792-1867 (page 631)
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21. Practice and Panic, 1853-1857 (page 671)
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22. Federal Monetary Control Restored, 1863-1865 (page 718)
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Retrospect (page 740)
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Acknowledgments (page 743)
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Abbreviations (page 746)
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Works Cited (page 747)
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Index (page 761)
Citable Link
Published: 1957
Publisher: Princeton University Press
- 9781400819027 (ebook)
- 9780691045078 (hardcover)
- 9780691005539 (paper)