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Underwriters of the United States how insurance shaped the American founding / Hannah Farber.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Farber, Hannah, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Marine insurance--Political aspects--United States--History.
- Marine insurance.
- History.
- United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Economic aspects.
- United States.
- United States--History--1783-1815--Economic aspects.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Williamsburg, Virginia : Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture ; Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2021]
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Abbreviations
- Prologue
- Introduction
- 1. Insure, Britannia! Marine Insurance and the Maritime Empire, 1622-1776
- 2. Underwriting a Revolution, 1776-1789
- 3. Forging "Golden Chains": The Constitutional Project of Chartering Insurance Companies, 1790-1800
- 4. Investing Capital and Inventing Value, 1800-1815
- 5. Market Readers, Market Makers: American Insurers at War, 1793-1815
- 6. Wooden Ships, Paper Capitals: The Rise and Fall of Jacob Barker, 1815-1826
- 7. State Making and Myth Making, 1820-1860
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- P
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- Z
- Notes:
- Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.
- Other Format:
- Print version:
- ISBN:
- 9781469663654
- 1469663651
- Publisher Number:
- 40030832069
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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