Money in American politics : the first 200 years / Richard Lawrence Miller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Miller, Richard Lawrence, author.

Contributor:

Sylvia W. Kauders Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

ix, 251 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2021]

Contents:

Chapter 1 p. 3

Colonial Antecedents p. 3

Revolution p. 8

Frontier Real Estate p. 10

Constitution p. 12

Chapter 2 p. 15

Banks p. 15

Whiskey Rebellion p. 21

Society for Establishing Useful Manufactures p. 22

Jay Treaty p. 24

XYZ Affair p. 26

Chapter 3 p. 30

Louisiana Purchase p. 30

Burr Murders Hamilton p. 30

War of 1812 p. 31

Internal Improvements p. 34

Banks Again p. 38

Chapter 4 p. 49

American Indians in the Jackson Era p. 49

Tippecanoe p. 50

And Tyler, Too p. 53

Mexican War p. 55

Chapter 5 p. 56

California Gold p. 56

Quicksilver p. 59

Slavery p. 62

Worker Rights p. 68

Chapter 6 p. 72

Cotton p. 73

Railroads p. 77

Civil War p. 80

Real Estate p. 90

Chapter 7 p. 93

Abraham Lincoln's Estate p. 93

Andrew Johnson Impeach-ment p. 94

Presidency of Grant p. 95

Election of 1876 p. 101

Rutherford Hayes p. 103

Chapter 8 p. 104

Pennsylvania Railroad p. 104

Marine Industry p. 105

James Garfield p. 106

Robert Lincoln p. 107

Pullman Railroad Cars p. 107

Chapter 9 p. 110

Chester Arthur p. 110

Young Theodore Roosevelt p. 110

Grover Cleveland p. 111

Tobacco p. 112

Railroads Again p. 112

Chapter 10 p. 114

Sherman Anti-Trust Law p. 114

Lumber p. 115

Benjamin Harrison p. 115

Alaskan Seals p. 116

Closing the Frontier p. 117

Chapter 11 p. 118

Department Stores and Mail Order Houses p. 118

Telegraph and Telephone p. 119

Gas p. 122

Electricity p. 123

The Cross of Gold p. 125

Chapter 12 p. 126

William McKinley p. 126

Private Clubs p. 127

China p. 130

Chapter 13 p. 133

Theodore Roosevelt p. 133

Steel p. 134

Panic of 1907 p. 135

Northern Securities p. 136

Santa Fe Railroad p. 136

Meat p. 137

Kuhn, Loeb Bank p. 138

Panama Canal p. 139

Chapter 14 p. 142

William Howard Taft p. 142

Philippines p. 144

Bull Moose Campaign p. 145

Woodrow Wilson p. 146

National City Bank p. 148

Mexico p. 149

World War I p. 150

World War I Finance p. 153

Chapter 15 p. 155

Herbert Hoover p. 155

Election of 1920 p. 160

Warren G. Harding p. 161

Newspapers p. 162

Insurance p. 163

Chapter 16 p. 168

"Mellon's Millions" p. 168

Aluminum p. 168

Banking p. 171

Coal p. 172

Oil p. 173

Teapot Dome p. 175

Chapter 17 p. 179

Calvin. Coolidge p. 179

Dawes' Dollars p. 179

Stock Market Crash p. 181

FDR p. 186

Atomic Energy p. 193

Chapter 18 p. 195

Harry Truman p. 195

Eisenhower p. 197

Tidelands Oil p. 198

Dixon-Yates Contract p. 198

Hanna Mining p. 199

Chapter 19 p. 201

General Motors p. 201

World War I Strikes Again p. 203

J.P. Stevens p. 203

Cuba p. 204

Chapter 20 p. 207

JFK p. 207

Motion Pictures p. 207

Real Estate p. 208

Textiles p. 209

Insurance Again p. 210

Chapter 21 p. 211

Aviation p. 211

Automobiles p. 212

Marine Industry Again p. 214

Rockefeller Foundation p. 215

Chapter 22 p. 217

LBJ p. 217

Brown & Root p. 218

Real Estate p. 218

Broadcasting p. 219

Chapter 23 p. 224

Richard Nixon p. 224

Chile p. 225

China Again p. 226

Gerald Ford p. 227

Chapter 24 p. 228

Jimmy Carter p. 228

Coca-Cola p. 229

Aviation Again p. 231

Banks Yet Again p. 232

Lumber Again p. 233

Coal Again p. 234

The Carter Administration Summed Up p. 234.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Sylvia W. Kauders Fund.

ISBN:

9781476684086

1476684081

OCLC:

1198975624

Publisher Number:

99987342346