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Bonds of war : how Civil War financial agents sold the world on the Union / David K. Thomson.
Lippincott Library HJ251 .T46 2022
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Thomson, David K., author.
- Series:
- Civil War America (Series)
- Civil War America
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Debts, Public--United States--History--19th century.
- Debts, Public.
- Bonds--United States--History--19th century.
- Bonds.
- Debts, External--United States--History--19th century.
- Debts, External.
- Patriotism--Economic aspects--United States.
- Patriotism.
- Finance.
- Cooke, Jay, 1821-1905.
- Cooke, Jay.
- Jay Cooke & Co.
- History.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Finance.
- United States.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 268 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2022]
- Summary:
- "This fascinating work of financial and political history during the Civil War era shows how the marketing and sale of bonds crossed the Atlantic to Europe and beyond, helping ensure foreign countries' vested interest in the Union's success. Indeed, David K. Thomson demonstrates how Europe, and ultimately all corners of the globe, grew deeply interdependent on American finance during, and in the immediate aftermath of, the American Civil War"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: ch. One Freedom of Debt: The Lessons of Government Financing before the Civil War
- ch. Two A Thousand-Dollar Breakfast: The Limits of War Financing by Elites
- ch. Three Patriotism and Profit: Jay Cooke and the Democratization of Debt
- ch. Four The Sale of American Stocks Constitutes the Chief Business at the Bourse: Foreign War Finance
- ch. Five Like a Cord Through the Whole Country: Nationalizing the Economy
- ch. Six A Permanent National Debt Is Not an American Institution: Postwar Debt.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edith E. Clark Endowment Fund.
- Other Format:
- ebook version :
- ISBN:
- 9781469666600
- 146966660X
- 9781469666617
- 1469666618
- OCLC:
- 1266896235
- Publisher Number:
- 99990178123
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