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Sovereignty and an Empty Purse : Banks and Politics in the Civil War / Bray Hammond.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Princeton Legacy Library ; 706Publisher: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2014]Copyright date: ©1970Edition: Course BookDescription: 1 online resource (412 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780691604688
  • 9781400855353
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 332.1/0973 332.10973
LOC classification:
  • HJ251 .H35 2014
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- 1. A STUNTED GOVERNMENT -- 2. SUMTER, BULL RUN, AND THE SPECIAL SESSION, APRIL TO AUGUST 1861 -- 3. SECRETARY CHASE AND THE BANKERS -- 4. AUGUST TO DECEMBER 1861 -- 5. THE DECEMBER COLLAPSE -- 6. MAKING PAPER A LEGAL TENDER -- 7. ADOPTION OF THE LEGAL TENDER ACT -- 8. NORTH AND SOUTH -- 9. THE REVENUE BILL, HR 312 -- 10. WAYS AND MEANS VERSUS THE ADMINISTRATION -- 11. THE ADMINISTRATION BILL ENACTED -- 12. CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- WORKS CITED -- INDEX
Summary: A sequel to his Pulitzer Prize-winning Banks and Politics in America from the Revolution to the Civil War, this book by Bray Hammond focuses on how Washington struggled financially to settle the Civil War and how its measures spurred the growth of federal government.Originally published in 1970.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
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Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- 1. A STUNTED GOVERNMENT -- 2. SUMTER, BULL RUN, AND THE SPECIAL SESSION, APRIL TO AUGUST 1861 -- 3. SECRETARY CHASE AND THE BANKERS -- 4. AUGUST TO DECEMBER 1861 -- 5. THE DECEMBER COLLAPSE -- 6. MAKING PAPER A LEGAL TENDER -- 7. ADOPTION OF THE LEGAL TENDER ACT -- 8. NORTH AND SOUTH -- 9. THE REVENUE BILL, HR 312 -- 10. WAYS AND MEANS VERSUS THE ADMINISTRATION -- 11. THE ADMINISTRATION BILL ENACTED -- 12. CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- WORKS CITED -- INDEX

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A sequel to his Pulitzer Prize-winning Banks and Politics in America from the Revolution to the Civil War, this book by Bray Hammond focuses on how Washington struggled financially to settle the Civil War and how its measures spurred the growth of federal government.Originally published in 1970.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021)