LEADER 03230nam 2200721 a 450 001 9910792264103321 005 20230617020027.0 010 $a0-19-021258-6 010 $a0-19-151567-1 010 $a1-4294-7094-1 010 $a1-280-75856-2 035 $a(CKB)2560000000295081 035 $a(EBL)422736 035 $a(OCoLC)437109240 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000135728 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11157217 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000135728 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10058805 035 $a(PQKB)10612468 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000072419 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC422736 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4964511 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL422736 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10233661 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4964511 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL75856 035 $a(OCoLC)1027138903 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7035727 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7035727 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000295081 100 $a20050322d2005 fy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDebtor diplomacy$b[electronic resource] $efinance and American foreign relations in the Civil War era, 1837-1873 /$fJay Sexton 210 $aOxford $cClarendon$d2005 215 $a1 online resource (300 p.) 225 1 $aOxford historical monographs 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-928103-3 311 $a0-19-171275-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [255]-275) and index. 327 $aContents; 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; 330 $aThe United States was a debtor nation in the mid-nineteenth century, with half of its debt held overseas. The need to obtain foreign capital greatly influenced American foreign policy, principally relations with Britain. The intersection of finance and diplomacy was particularly evident during the Civil War when both the North and South integrated attempts to procure loans from European banks into their larger international strategies. Drawing on the unused archives of London banks and the papers of statesmen on both sides of the Atlantic, this work explores a central theme of mid-nineteenth-century 410 0$aOxford historical monographs. 606 $aDebts, External$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century 607 $aUnited States$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$xFinance 607 $aUnited States$xForeign economic relations$zGreat Britain 607 $aGreat Britain$xForeign economic relations$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$xEconomic conditions$y19th century 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$y19th century 615 0$aDebts, External$xHistory 676 $a327.7304109034 700 $aSexton$b Jay$f1978-$01462239 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910792264103321 996 $aDebtor diplomacy$93671141 997 $aUNINA