Sovereign of the market the money question in early America / Jeffrey Sklansky.

Author/creator Sklansky, Jeffrey
Format Electronic
Publication InfoChicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2017.
Description311 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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SeriesAmerican beginnings, 1500-1900
American beginnings, 1500-1900. ^A1144206
Contents The elusive sovereign -- 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 -- 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 -- 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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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
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LCCN 2017000465
ISBN9780226480336 (cloth : alk. paper)

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