State banking in early America : a new economic history

State banking in early America : a new economic history / Howard Bodenhorn.

During the latter half of the 20th century such features of early American financial markets as free banking, branch banking, deposit insurance, and micro-banking were radically reinterpreted. This text synthesizes extant research and finds alternative interpretations.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bodenhorn, Howard
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.
Subjects:
Banks and banking > State supervision > United States.
Banks and banking > United States > History.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Banks & Banking.
Banks and banking
Banks and banking > State supervision
Bankwezen.
United States
Electronic books.
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Establishment and governance of the antebellum bank
  • Banking theory and banking practice in Antebellum America
  • New England: small banks and familial ties
  • The rise and fall of the Suffolk System
  • Middle Atlantic: conservatism and experimentation
  • New York's Safety Fund System: America's first bank insurance experiment
  • Free banking: the Populist revolt takes root in New York
  • Banking in the South and West: banks and the commonweal
  • Property banking, free banking, and branch banking
  • Assessing America's early banks.

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