LEADER 04466nam 2200697 450 001 9910817606403321 005 20210508005102.0 024 7 $a10.9783/9780812291353 035 $a(CKB)2670000000610517 035 $a(EBL)3442524 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001502570 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11822121 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001502570 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11459172 035 $a(PQKB)11645219 035 $a(OCoLC)907964576 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse42174 035 $a(DE-B1597)451278 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780812291353 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3442524 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11045934 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL772124 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3442524 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000610517 100 $a20150428h20152015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBuilding the empire state $epolitical economy in the early republic /$fBrian Phillips Murphy 210 1$aPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania :$cUniversity of Pennsylvania Press,$d2015. 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (304 p.) 225 1 $aAmerican Business, Politics, and Society 300 $aIncludes index. 311 0 $a0-8122-9135-2 311 0 $a0-8122-4716-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tNote on Banking Terms --$tIntroduction. Strength in Structure --$tChapter 1. ?The Most Dangerous and Effectual Engine of Power? --$tChapter 2. ?An Enlarged American Scale? --$tChapter 3. ?A Very Convenient Instrument? --$tChapter 4. ?To Occupy All Points? --$tChapter 5. ?If We Must Have War or a Canal, I Am in Favor of the Canal? --$tConclusion. Corporate Political Economy --$tNotes --$tIndex --$tAcknowledgments 330 $aBuilding the Empire State examines the origins of American capitalism by tracing how and why business corporations were first introduced into the economy of the early republic. Brian Phillips Murphy follows the collaborations between political leaders and a group of unelected political entrepreneurs, including Robert R. Livingston and Alexander Hamilton, who persuaded legislative powers to grant monopolies corporate status in order to finance and manage civic institutions. Murphy shows how American capitalism grew out of the convergence of political and economic interests, wherein political culture was shaped by business strategies and institutions as much as the reverse. Focusing on the state of New York, a onetime mercantile colony that became home to the first American banks, utilities, canals, and transportation infrastructure projects, Building the Empire State surveys the changing institutional ecology during the first five decades following the American Revolution. Through sustained attention to the Manhattan Company, the steamboat monopoly, the Erie Canal, and the New York & Erie Railroad, Murphy traces the ways entrepreneurs marshaled political and financial capital to sway legislators to support their private plans and interests. By playing a central role in the creation and regulation of institutions that facilitated private commercial transactions, New York State's political officials created formal and informal precedents for the political economy throughout the northeastern United States and toward the expanding westward frontier. The political, economic, and legal consequences organizing the marketplace in this way continue to be felt in the vast influence and privileged position held by corporations in the present day. 410 0$aAmerican business, politics, and society. 606 $aFinance, Public$zNew York (State)$y1789-1801 606 $aFinance, Public$zNew York (State)$y1801-1861 607 $aNew York (State)$xHistory$y1775-1865 607 $aNew York (State)$xPolitics and government$y1775-1865 607 $aNew York (State)$xEconomic conditions$xHistory$y18th century 607 $aNew York (State)$xEconomic conditions$xHistory$y19th century 610 $aAmerican History. 610 $aAmerican Studies. 615 0$aFinance, Public 615 0$aFinance, Public 676 $a974.7/03 700 $aMurphy$b Brian Phillips$01634545 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910817606403321 996 $aBuilding the empire state$93974802 997 $aUNINA