Banks and Politics in America from the Revolution to the Civil War

by Bray Hammond

Book Overview

This is a book about politics and banks and history. Yet politicians who read it will see that the author is not a politician, bankers who read it will see that he is not a banker, and historians that he is not an historian. Economists will see that he is not an economist and lawyers that he is not a lawyer.

With this rather cryptic and exhaustive disclaimer, Bray Hammond began his classic investigation into the role of banking in the formation...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691005532
• ISBN13: 9780691005539
• Release Date: August 1991
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 784 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.9" x 6.1" x 9.3"