Finance and Enterprise in Early America : a Study of Stephen Girard's Bank, 1812-1831 /

Stephen Girard, the second richest American of his time (after John Jacob Astor), was the last of the great merchant bankers and the first of the great investment bankers. This is a study not only of an influential man and the bank he operated in Philadelphia but also of the growing interdependence...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Adams, Jr., Donald R.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2016]
Subjects:
Girard, Stephen, > 1750-1831.
Girard Bank > History.
Girard Bank.
Banks and banking > United States > History.
Banques > États-Unis > Histoire.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Banks & Banking.
Banks and banking.
United States.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Tables
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The Birth of a Banking Enterprise
  • 3. War and Legislative Opposition, 1812-1814
  • 4. Suspension and The Bank of the United States, 1814-1819
  • 5. Competition and Cooperation
  • 6. Institutional Philosophy
  • 7. Structure and Performance
  • 8. A Final Accounting
  • Notes
  • Note on Manuscript Sources
  • Index

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