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A History of Banking in Antebellum America - Financial Markets and Economic Development in an Era of Nation-Building

English · Paperback / Softback

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1. Introduction: historical setting and three views of banking; 2. Financial development and economic growth in Antebellum America; 3. Financing entrepreneurship: banks, merchants and manufacturers; 4. The integration of short-term capital markets in Antebellum America; 5. Banks, brokers, and capital mobility; 6. Conclusion: how banks mattered.

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Focusing on the credit generating function of American banks, this history demonstrates that banks aggressively promoted economic development rather than passively followed its course. Professor Bodenhorn uses unexploited data to reveal how banks promoted both industrialization and geographic capital mobility.

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Authors Howard Bodenhorn
Assisted by Michael D. Bordo (Editor), Forrest Capie (Editor)
Publisher Cambridge Academic
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 13.02.2000
 
EAN 9780521669993
ISBN 978-0-521-66999-3
Dimensions 153 mm x 229 mm x 18 mm
Weight 395 g
Illustrations 12 b/w illus. 33 tables, Zeichnungen, nicht spezifiziert, Tabellen, nicht spezifiziert
Series Studies in Macroeconomic History
Studies in Macroeconomic Histo
Studies in Macroeconomic History
Subjects Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries

BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Banks & Banking, Banking, Economic history

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