Tell your friends about this item:
A History of Banking in Antebellum America: Financial Markets and Economic Development in an Era of Nation-Building - Studies in Macroeconomic History Bodenhorn, Howard (Lafayette College, Pennsylvania)
A History of Banking in Antebellum America: Financial Markets and Economic Development in an Era of Nation-Building - Studies in Macroeconomic History
Bodenhorn, Howard (Lafayette College, Pennsylvania)
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.
282 pages, 12 b/w illus. 33 tables
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | February 13, 2000 |
| ISBN13 | 9780521662857 |
| Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 284 |
| Dimensions | 237 × 161 × 22 mm · 498 g |
| Language | English |
| Series Editor | Bordo, Michael |
| Series Editor | Capie, Forrest |
| Series Editor | Redish, Angela |