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Record Nr.

UNINA9910962681803321

Autore

Hildreth Richard <1807-1865.>

Titolo

The History of banks : to which is added, a demonstration of the advantages and necessity of free competition in the business of banking / / Richard Hildreth

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Kitchener, Ont., : Batoche, 2001

Descrizione fisica

78 p

Soggetti

Banks and banking - History

Banks and banking - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published : Boston : Milliard, Gray, 1837.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents --  -- Chapter I: -- Banks of Venice, Genoa and Barcelona. -- Chapter II: -- Banks of Amsterdam and Hamburg. -- Chapter III: -- Bank of England. -- Chapter IV: -- Private Banks. -- Chapter V: -- Scotch Banks. -- Chapter VI: -- Law's System of Banking. Land Banks. -- Chapter VII: -- Mississippi System. -- Chapter VIII: -- Continuation of the History of the Bank of England. Stoppage and Resumption of Specie Payments. -- Chapter IX: -- Continuation of the History of English Private Banks. Joint Stock Banks. -- Chapter X: -- Government Paper Money. -- Chapter XI: -- Colonial Currencies of Paper Money in America. -- Chapter XII: -- American Banks. -- Chapter XIII: -- First Bank of the United States. -- Chapter XIV: -- State Banks. Stoppage of Specie Payments. -- Chapter XV: -- Second Bank of the United States. Resumption of Specie Payments. -- Chapter XVI: -- Panic of 1818-19. -- Chapter XVII: -- Continuation of the History of American Banks. -- Chapter XVIII: -- The controversy touching the re-charter of the Second Bank of the United States. Panic of 1833-34. -- Chapter XIX: -- Present State of American Industry and Trade. -- Chapter XX: -- Banks on the Continent of Europe. -- Part Second: -- A Demonstration of the Advantages and Necessity of Free Competition, in the Business of Banking. -- Chapter I: -- The Received Theory of Banking. -- Chapter II: -- New Theory of Banking, -- Chapter III: -- Of a National Bank.



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