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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462827503321

Autore

Hogeland William

Titolo

Founding finance [[electronic resource] ] : how debt, speculation, foreclosures, protests, and crackdowns made us a nation / / William Hogeland

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Austin, : University of Texas Press, 2012

ISBN

0-292-74450-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (285 p.)

Collana

Discovering America ; ; 5

Disciplina

336.7309/033

Soggetti

Finance, Public - United States - History - 1789-1801

Debts, Public - United States - History - 1789-1801

Electronic books.

United States Politics and government 1789-1797

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-261) and index.

Nota di contenuto

The founders, finance, and us -- Riot, regulate, occupy (1765/1771) -- Two revolutions? (1771/1776) -- Conceived in war debt (1776/1783) -- History on the verge of a nervous breakdown (1913/2012) -- An existential interpretation of the constitution of the United States (1783/1789) -- It's Hamilton's America-- : we just live in it (1789/1791) -- Crackdown and lockup : Cincinnatus, the whiskey rebels, and the end of Thomas Paine (1791/ ) -- Gather your armies -- Acknowledgments -- Bibliographic essays -- References -- Index.