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Sovereign of the market : the money question in early America
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Sovereign of the market : the money question in early America / Jeffrey Sklansky.
ISBN
9780226480336
022648033X
9780226480473
Publication
Chicago, IL ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2017.
Copyright Notice Date
©2017
Physical Description
311 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 21, 2018
Series
American beginnings, 1500-1900
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-303) and index.
Contents
Introduction : the elusive sovereign
Part I. Paper money and the problem of circulation in the colonial era. John Wise and the natural law of commerce
William Douglass and the natural history of credit
Part II. Commercial banking and the problem of representation in the Jacksonian era. William Leggett and the melodrama of the market
Nicholas Biddle and the beauty of banking
Part III. Big business and the problem of association in the Gilded Age and progressive era. Charles Macune and the currency of cooperation
Charles Conant and the fund of trust
Conclusion : the magician's glass.
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