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Bonds of war : how Civil War financial agents sold the world on the Union / David K. Thomson.

By:

Thomson, David K [author.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Civil War America (Series)Publication details: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2022]Description: xvii, 268 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:

9781469666600
146966660X
9781469666617
1469666618

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Contents:

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.

Summary: "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 Europe, and ultimately all corners of the globe, grew deeply interdependent on American finance during, and in the immediate aftermath of, the American Civil War"-- Provided by publisher.

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Book	Library Company of Philadelphia	Uy5 A6393.O	Available		316389

Total holds: 0

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"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 Europe, and ultimately all corners of the globe, grew deeply interdependent on American finance during, and in the immediate aftermath of, the American Civil War"-- Provided by publisher.