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During the latter half of the 20th century such features of early American financial markets as free banking, branch banking, deposit insurance, and micro-banking were radically reinterpreted. This text synthesizes extant research and finds alternative interpretations.
Introduction -- Establishment and governance of the antebellum bank -- Banking theory and banking practice in Antebellum America -- New England: small banks and familial ties -- The rise and fall of the Suffolk System -- Middle Atlantic: conservatism and experimentation -- New York's Safety Fund System: America's first bank insurance experiment -- Free banking: the Populist revolt takes root in New York -- Banking in the South and West: banks and the commonweal -- Property banking, free banking, and branch banking -- Assessing America's early banks.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-343) and index.
Economic, Social, and Cultural History of North America
Economische, sociale en cultuurgeschiedenis van Noord-Amerika
New York : Oxford University Press, 2003