| Description |
1 online resource (211 pages) |
| Series |
Financial HIST |
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Financial HIST
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Charts and Tables; Introduction; 1 The Economic Origins of the Panic of 1819 ; The American Economy, 1790-1815 ; The American Economy, 1815-18 ; Virginia, 1800-15; Virginia, 1815-18 ; Summary and Conclusions; Tables; 2 An Overview of the Panic of 1819; Macroeconomic Overview; The Debit-Deflation Theory; The Panic in Comparative Perspective; Summary and Conclusions; Tables; Charts; Appendix; 3 Banking and Government Finance; Banking in Virginia; The Second Bank of the United States; Virginia Banks and the Panic of 1819 |
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The Second Bank of the United States AgainFederal and State Government Finance; Summary and Conclusions; Tables; Charts; Appendix: Virginia Bank Data; 4 Agriculture, Exports and Land; Virginia, Agriculture and Agricultural Prices; Land and the Enslaved; Summary and Conclusions; Tables; Charts; Appendix: Richmond Commodity Price Index; 5 Business; Data; Modelling Business Turnover; Analysis; Summary and Conclusions; Tables; Charts; 6 Poor Relief; Virginia's Poor Laws; Data; Poor Relief in Virginia; A Model of Poor Relief; Results; Comparison with Other Cities and States |
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Private Sector Responses to the PoorSummary and Conclusions; Tables; Appendix: Poor Relief Data Sources; 7 The Aftermath of the Panic; The Impact of the Panic; Summary and Conclusions; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
Argues that the Panic of 1819 was America's first experience with a modern boom-bust cycle, and most importantly, much more than a banking panic resulting from the mismanagement of the newly created second Bank of the United States and a number of state chartered banks |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317314509 |
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1317314506 |
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