The Bank of the State of Missouri / John Ray Cable.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cable, John Ray, author.

Series:

Studies in History, Economics, and Public Law

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1969]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Studies the economics of the state of Missouri beginning in the early 1800's. Looks at the founding of the Bank of the State of Missouri in 1837 through its assimilation and nationalization in 1866.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Contents

Part I. The Period Before 1830

I. Economic Conditions in Early Missouri

II. National Conditions Affecting Early Missouri Banking

III. Early and Unfortunate Ventures in Banking and Currency

IV. Some Early Experiences in Sound Banking

Part II. The Period of Monopoly

V. The Demand for a State Bank

VI. The Passage of the Bank Bill

VII. The Charter

VIII. How the Charter was Made

IX. The Organization of the Bank

X. The State Bank and the Panic of 1837

XI. The Fight Against Unsound Money

XII. The Career of the Bank, 1843-1857

XIII. An Economic and Statistical Study of the Accounts of the Bank

Part III. The Break-Down of Banking Monopoly

XIV. Private Banking and Business Development

XV. The Demand for Additional Banking Capital

XVI. The Legislation of 1857 and Banking Progress;until the Outbreak of the Civil War

XVII. Missouri Banking During the Civil War

XVIII. The Sale of the State Stock

Part IV. The Final Period

XIX. The National Bank of the State of Missouri

XX. The Failure of the Bank

Bibliography

Appendix

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

0-231-89214-4

OCLC:

1100440993