03230nam 2200721 a 450 991079226410332120230617020027.00-19-021258-60-19-151567-11-4294-7094-11-280-75856-2(CKB)2560000000295081(EBL)422736(OCoLC)437109240(SSID)ssj0000135728(PQKBManifestationID)11157217(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000135728(PQKBWorkID)10058805(PQKB)10612468(StDuBDS)EDZ0000072419(MiAaPQ)EBC422736(MiAaPQ)EBC4964511(Au-PeEL)EBL422736(CaPaEBR)ebr10233661(Au-PeEL)EBL4964511(CaONFJC)MIL75856(OCoLC)1027138903(MiAaPQ)EBC7035727(Au-PeEL)EBL7035727(EXLCZ)99256000000029508120050322d2005 fy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrDebtor diplomacy[electronic resource] finance and American foreign relations in the Civil War era, 1837-1873 /Jay SextonOxford Clarendon20051 online resource (300 p.)Oxford historical monographsDescription based upon print version of record.0-19-928103-3 0-19-171275-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-275) and index.Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Finance and Foreign Relations in the Mid-nineteenth Century; 1. The Baring Years, 1837-1861; 2. Union Finance and Diplomacy; 3. Confederate Finance and Diplomacy; 4. ''Were it not for our Debt,'' 1865-1873; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index;The United States was a debtor nation in the mid-nineteenth century, with half of its debt held overseas. The need to obtain foreign capital greatly influenced American foreign policy, principally relations with Britain. The intersection of finance and diplomacy was particularly evident during the Civil War when both the North and South integrated attempts to procure loans from European banks into their larger international strategies. Drawing on the unused archives of London banks and the papers of statesmen on both sides of the Atlantic, this work explores a central theme of mid-nineteenth-centuryOxford historical monographs.Debts, ExternalUnited StatesHistory19th centuryUnited StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865FinanceUnited StatesForeign economic relationsGreat BritainGreat BritainForeign economic relationsUnited StatesUnited StatesEconomic conditions19th centuryUnited StatesForeign relations19th centuryDebts, ExternalHistory327.7304109034Sexton Jay1978-1462239MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910792264103321Debtor diplomacy3671141UNINA