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

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1931-1979
• VerfasserIn: Hammond, Bray,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014]; ©1970
• Ano de Publicação: 2014
• Edição: Course Book
• Idioma: English
• coleção: Princeton Legacy Library ; 706
• Descrição Física: 1 online resource (412 p.)
• Other title: 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
• Resumo: 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.
• Formato: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781400855353; 9783110426847; 9783110413601; 9783110442496
• DOI: 10.1515/9781400855353
• Acesso: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Bray Hammond.

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...