Bonds of War : How Civil War Financial Agents Sold the World on the Union /

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"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 E...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Thomson, David K. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2022]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Cooke, Jay, > 1821-1905.
Jay Cooke & Co.
Finance.
Debts, Public.
Debts, External.
Bonds.
Patriotism > Economic aspects > United States.
Debts, External > United States > History > 19th century.
Bonds > United States > History > 19th century.
Debts, Public > United States > History > 19th century.
United States.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Finance.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Freedom of debt: the lessons of government finance before the Civil War
  • A thousand dollar breakfast: the limits of war financing by elites
  • Patriotism and profit: Jay Cooke and the democratization of debt
  • The sale of American stocks constitutes the chief business at the Bourse: foreign war finance
  • Like a cord through the whole country: nationalizing the economy
  • A permanent national debt is not an American institution: post-war debt.

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