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- catalog abstract "Edwin Perkins's examination of the development of financial services in North America is the first study to focus on the colonial, confederation, and early national eras, highlighting both the continuities of the colonial past and the sweeping institutional innovations after American independence. Perkins analyzes virtually every major financial service - the issuance of paper monies, the rise of capital markets to support the trading of stocks and bonds, the emergence of insurance underwriters to cover fire damage on domestic structures and marine losses, and other related activities. He also examines the major political controversies surrounding the American financial system, including the contest between Hamiltonians and Jeffersonians. Perkins argues that the financial services sector was quite sophisticated well before the revolutionary advances in transportation and industry that occurred between the War of 1812 and the Civil War. Moreover, he contends that the maturation of the financial services sector came early, laying a solid base for advancement in other economic sectors after 1815. . An essential work for business and economic historians, as well as specialists in the colonial and early national eras, American Public Finance and Financial Services will enlighten all those interested in better understanding the development of the American economy.".
- catalog contributor b5794702.
- catalog contributor b5794703.
- catalog created "c1994.".
- catalog date "1994".
- catalog date "c1994.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1994.".
- catalog description ". An essential work for business and economic historians, as well as specialists in the colonial and early national eras, American Public Finance and Financial Services will enlighten all those interested in better understanding the development of the American economy.".
- catalog description "Edwin Perkins's examination of the development of financial services in North America is the first study to focus on the colonial, confederation, and early national eras, highlighting both the continuities of the colonial past and the sweeping institutional innovations after American independence.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 407-425) and index.".
- catalog description "Perkins analyzes virtually every major financial service - the issuance of paper monies, the rise of capital markets to support the trading of stocks and bonds, the emergence of insurance underwriters to cover fire damage on domestic structures and marine losses, and other related activities. He also examines the major political controversies surrounding the American financial system, including the contest between Hamiltonians and Jeffersonians.".
- catalog description "Perkins argues that the financial services sector was quite sophisticated well before the revolutionary advances in transportation and industry that occurred between the War of 1812 and the Civil War. Moreover, he contends that the maturation of the financial services sector came early, laying a solid base for advancement in other economic sectors after 1815.".
- catalog description "pt. I. The Colonial Era. 1. The Coinage System. 2. Fiat Currency. 3. The Credit System. 4. Colonial Financial Services -- pt. II. War and Confederation. 5. Wartime Finance. 6. Robert Morris and the Bank of North America. 7. The States in the 1780s. 8. Massachusetts and Shays' Rebellion. 9. Financial Services in Transition -- pt. III. The Early National Era. 10. Funding the National Debt. 11. The First Bank of the United States. 12. State Banks in the New Nation. 13. Marine and Fire Insurance. 14. Lotteries, Securities, and Foreign Exchange. 15. Financing the War of 1812 -- Conclusion: Continuities and Innovations -- Appendix: Stockholders' Liability.".
- catalog extent "xiii, 433 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "American public finance and financial services, 1700-1815.".
- catalog identifier "0814206190 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0814206204 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "American public finance and financial services, 1700-1815.".
- catalog isPartOf "Historical perspectives on business enterprise series".
- catalog issued "1994".
- catalog issued "c1994.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Columbus : Ohio State University Press,".
- catalog relation "American public finance and financial services, 1700-1815.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "336.73/09/033 20".
- catalog subject "Finance, Public United States History 18th century.".
- catalog subject "Financial services industry United States History 18th century.".
- catalog subject "HJ241 .P47 1994".
- catalog tableOfContents "pt. I. The Colonial Era. 1. The Coinage System. 2. Fiat Currency. 3. The Credit System. 4. Colonial Financial Services -- pt. II. War and Confederation. 5. Wartime Finance. 6. Robert Morris and the Bank of North America. 7. The States in the 1780s. 8. Massachusetts and Shays' Rebellion. 9. Financial Services in Transition -- pt. III. The Early National Era. 10. Funding the National Debt. 11. The First Bank of the United States. 12. State Banks in the New Nation. 13. Marine and Fire Insurance. 14. Lotteries, Securities, and Foreign Exchange. 15. Financing the War of 1812 -- Conclusion: Continuities and Innovations -- Appendix: Stockholders' Liability.".
- catalog title "American public finance and financial services, 1700-1815 / Edwin J. Perkins.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".