Jerry W. Markham

From Christopher Columbus to the Robber Barons (eBook, PDF)

A Financial History of the United States 1492-1900

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Originally published in 2002, this book describes the finance in Europe that was available for transport to the American colonies. The work relates the development of the U.S. banking system, the creation and growth of the stock and commodity markets and the rise of the insurance industry.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 462
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Juni 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000592108
• Artikelnr.: 63713269

Autorenporträt

Jerry W. Markham is a professor of law at Florida International University in Miami, USA, where he teaches corporate and international business law.

Inhaltsangabe

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.