From Christopher Columbus to the robber barons : a financial history of the United States 1492-1900 /: a financial history of the United States 1492-1900. (2022)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Jerry W. Markham.
• Authors: Markham, Jerry W
• Contents: Part 1: In the Beginning 1. The Antecedents: World Trade Before the Discovery of America 2. The Colonization of America 3. Commerce with the Colonies 4. Trade and Money 5. Revolutionary Finance Part 2: A Nation is Born 1. Independence 2. The Development of Corporations 3. The Rise of the American Stock Market 4. The Bank of the United States Part 3: Finance Before the Civil War 1. The Bank Fight 2. Stock Exchanges and Railroads 3. The State Banks 4. Insurance in America 5. The Panic of 1857 Part 4. The Civil War and Speculation 1. Union Finance 2. Confederate Finance 3. Wartime Speculation 4. The Robber Barons 5. Commodity Markets and the Gold Corner Part 5: The Panics 1. Financial Growth and the Panic of 1873 2. The Panic of 1884 3. Commodity Markets and Bucket Shops 4. Investment Trusts and the Panic of 1893 Part 6. Money and Wealth 1. Monetary Issues 2. The Gilded Age 3. Money, Banks and Trust Companies.
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 332.0973; Finance -- United States -- History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000592207; 9781000592108; 9781003247081
• Related ISBNs: 9781032161044
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