Bills of union : money, empire and ambitions in the mid-eighteenth century British Atlantic / / Aaron Graham

• Autore: Graham Aaron <1984->
• Pubblicazione: Cham, Switzerland : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2021]; ©2021
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (147 pages)
• Disciplina: 339.53
• Soggetto topico: Monetary policy; Banks and banking - Colonies - Great Britain; Banks and banking - Great Britain - History - 18th century
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Money -- Ambitions -- Empire -- Consequences -- Chapter 2: Land Banks -- Land Banks -- Franklin (1754-1767) -- Williamos (1766) -- Macleane (1765) -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3: Specie Banks -- British Banks -- Precedents -- Sir Alexander Cuming (1748) -- Jackson (1754) -- McCulloh (1751-1765) -- Townshend (1767) -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4: Conclusion -- Failures -- Hypotheticals -- Monetary Unions -- Final Thoughts -- Appendix A: Sir Alexander Cuming, Commonplace Book (Circa 1764 to 1767) -- Appendix B: Lauchlin Macleane to the Earl of Hertford 'Proposal' (1765) -- Appendix C: Charles Williamos 'Plan for Establishing a Bank in North America' (c. 1766) -- Appendix D: 'Proposals for Establishing Paper Currency in North America' (Undated but c. 1767)1 -- Bibliography -- Manuscript Sources -- British Library -- Clements Library -- Huntington Library -- Lloyds Banking Group Archives -- Newberry Library -- John Rylands Library -- Staffordshire Record Office -- The National Archives of the United Kingdom -- Printed Sources -- Secondary Sources -- Index.
• Titolo autorizzato: Bills of union
• ISBN: 3-030-67677-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910483995603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Palgrave studies in the history of finance.