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Perkins on U.S. financial history and related topics
- Title
- Perkins on U.S. financial history and related topics / Edwin J. Perkins.
- Author
- Perkins, Edwin J.
- Publication
- Lanham : University Press of America, [2009], ©2009.
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- Description
- 173 pages; 23 cm
- Summary
- "This volume includes a broad sample of scholarly publications of Professor Edwin J. Perkins on U.S. financial history and related topics in the fields of economic and business history. Included are journal articles, excerpts from his prominent books, plus three previously unpublished manuscripts. The content is organized chronologically, starting with the colonial era and ending with the second half of the twentieth century. A major highlight of the book is the key role stockbroker Charles Merrill, founder of Merrill Lynch & Co., played in the evolution and expansion of the nation's equity markets in the twentieth century."--BOOK JACKET.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contents
- Colonial and Early National Periods -- 1. The Entrepreneurial Spirit in Colonial America: The Foundations of Modern Business History -- 2. "Introduction" to American Public Finance and Financial Service, 1700-1815 -- 3. Conflicting Views on Fiat Currency: Britain and its North American Colonies in the Eighteenth Century -- 4. Madison's Debt Discrimination Proposal Revisited: The Application of Present Value Financial Analysis -- 5. Jeffersonian Principles and the Shaping of American Financial Services, 1790-1815 -- Nineteenth Century -- 6. Lost Opportunities for Compromise in the Bank War: A Reassessment of Jackson's Veto Message -- 7. Managing a Dollar-Sterling Exchange Account: Brown, Shipley & Co. in the 1850s -- 8. Tourists and Bankers: Travelers' Checks and the Rise of American Tourism, 1840-1900 -- 9. The Emergence of a Futures Market for Foreign Exchange in the United States -- 10. Anglo-American Merchant Banking Houses in the Nineteenth Century -- Twentieth Century -- 11. Market Research at Merrill Lynch & Co.: New Directions for Stockbrokers -- 12. Presidential Address: Business History Conference: Banks and Brokers -- Author's curriculum vita.
- ISBN
- 9780761844204 (paperback : alk. paper)
- 0761844201 (paperback : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 40016222771
- OCLC
- ocn264046942
- 264046942
- SCSB-9052111
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries