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The bank war and the partisan press : newspapers, financial institutions, and the post office in Jacksonian America /

"The Bank War--Andrew Jackson's conflict with Nicholas Biddle, the president of the Second Bank of the United States-lasted from 1828 to 1836, resulted in the dismantling of Biddle's bank, and contributed to the formation of the Democratic and Whig Parties. The Bank War and the Partis...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Campbell, Stephen W., 1983- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lawrence : University Press of Kansas, 2019.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Public printers, private struggles: the party press and the early American state
  • "A very able state paper": Amos Kendall and the rise of the globe
  • The monster strikes back: Nicholas Biddle and the public relations campaign to recharter the second bank, 1818-1832
  • Monster news! veto and reelection
  • Two sides of the same coin: the panic of 1833-1834 and the loss of public support
  • An unholy trinity: banks, newspapers, and postmasters during the post office scandal, 1834-1835
  • Conclusion: 1835 and beyond
  • Appendix one: how the bank worked
  • Appendix two: average percentage of domestic bills of exchange purchased at each branch office according to region, 1832
  • Appendix three: BUS note circulation, divided by branch offices in slave states and free states, February 1832
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.