Underwriters of the United States : how insurance shaped the American founding /
Unassuming but formidable, American maritime insurers used their position at the pinnacle of global trade to shape the new nation. The international information they gathered and the capital they generated enabled them to play central roles in state building and economic development. Deeply and imag...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Chapel Hill : Williamsburg, Virginia :
University of North Carolina Press ; Omohundro Institute of Early American and Culture,
[2021].
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| Summary: | Unassuming but formidable, American maritime insurers used their position at the pinnacle of global trade to shape the new nation. The international information they gathered and the capital they generated enabled them to play central roles in state building and economic development. Deeply and imaginatively researched, Underwriters of the United States uses marine insurers to reveal a startlingly original story of risk, money and power in the founding era. |
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| Physical Description: | 335 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781469663630 1469663635 |