Financial fraud and guerrilla violence in Missouri's Civil War, 1861-1865 [[electronic resource] /] / Mark W. Geiger

• Autore: Geiger Mark W
• Pubblicazione: New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (1 online resource (ix, 306 p.) ) : ill., maps
• Disciplina: 977.8/03
• Soggetto topico: Fraud - Missouri - History - 19th century; Bank fraud - Missouri - History - 19th century; Conspiracies - Missouri - History - 19th century; Guerrillas - Missouri - History - 19th century; Violence - Missouri - History - 19th century; Regionalism - Missouri - History - 19th century
• Soggetto geografico: United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Finance; Missouri History Civil War, 1861-1865 Finance; Missouri Economic conditions 19th century; Missouri Politics and government 1861-1865
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Financial conspiracy -- New banks -- New bankers -- Insider lending -- The Unionists regain control -- Guerrillas -- The transformation of regional identity -- War and the administrative state.
• Sommario/riassunto: This highly original work explores a previously unknown financial conspiracy at the start of the American Civil War. The book explains the reasons for the puzzling intensity of Missouri's guerrilla conflict, and for the state's anomalous experience in Reconstruction. In the broader history of the war, the book reveals for the first time the nature of military mobilization in the antebellum United States.
• Titolo autorizzato: Financial fraud and guerrilla violence in Missouri's Civil War, 1861-1865
• ISBN: 0-300-15152-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910779137603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Yale series in economic and financial history.