Financial History of the United StatesAn examination of how political issues influence public finance. |
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Contents
THE MEANING AND BASIC TRENDS OF FINANCIAL HISTORY | 1 |
FROM THE COLONIAL PERIOD TO THE CIVIL WAR | 11 |
COLONIAL FINANCE | 12 |
FINANCING THE REVOLUTION | 25 |
FROM COLONIAL ORGANIZATION TO STATEHOOD AND FEDERALISM | 33 |
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NATIONAL FINANCIAL SYSTEM | 45 |
JEFFERSONIAN FINANCE | 65 |
FINANCING THE WAR OF 1812 | 75 |
FINANCES OF THE GILDED AGE DISAPPEARANCE OF THE SURPLUS | 212 |
FINANCES OF THE GILDED AGE THE TRIUMPH OF INDUSTRIALISM | 226 |
THE PROGRESSIVE ERA MONETARY AND BANKING REFORMS | 241 |
THE PROGRESSIVE ERA FISCAL POLICY | 263 |
SINCE WORLD WAR I | 279 |
FINANCING WORLD WAR I | 280 |
THE PROSPEROUS TWENTIES FISCAL PROBLEMS | 302 |
THE PROSPEROUS TWENTIES MONETARY AND INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL POLICIES | 327 |
THE SEARCH FOR NEW GUIDEPOSTS 1816 TO 1828 | 82 |
FINANCES OF AN EMERGING DEMOCRACY 1828 TO 1836 | 97 |
FINANCING THROUGH THE DEPRESSION 1837 TO 1843 | 111 |
FINANCES OF THE LAST AGRARIAN ADMINISTRATIONS | 119 |
STATE AND LOCAL FINANCE 1800 TO 1860 | 128 |
Part II FROM THE CIVIL WAR TO WORLD WAR I | 136 |
CIVIL WAR FINANCING THE FIRST MISTAKES | 137 |
CIVIL WAR FINANCING THE MORE EFFECTIVE STAGE | 147 |
FISCAL READJUSTMENTS AFTER THE CIVIL WAR | 161 |
POSTCIVIL WAR MONETARY AND BANKING READJUSTMENTS | 176 |
STATE AND LOCAL FINANCE 1860 TO 1900 | 192 |
FAILURES OF A REFORM ADMINISTRATION | 201 |
STATE AND LOCAL FINANCE 1900 TO 1930 | 344 |
THE GLOOMY YEARS | 353 |
THE NEW DEAL MONETARY BANKING AND TARIFF POLICIES | 382 |
THE NEW DEAL FISCAL POLICIES | 403 |
FINANCING WORLD WAR II | 436 |
DEFLATION OR INFLATION PEACE OR WAR | 459 |
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Historical Series of Federal Receipts Expenditures Surplus or Deficit and Debt Fiscal Years 17891950 | 504 |
Historical List of Heads of the United States Treasury the Federal Reserve Board and the General Accounting Office | 508 |
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