Gretchen Ritter

Goldbugs and Greenbacks

The Antimonopoly Tradition and the Politics of Finance in America, 1865 1896

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Produktbeschreibung

This is a book about the late-nineteenth-century money debates in American politics, and about the role of history in American political development.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. April 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 674g
• ISBN-13: 9780521561679
• ISBN-10: 0521561671
• Artikelnr.: 21342153

Inhaltsangabe

1. The money debate and American political development
2. Party politics and the financial debate, 1865-1896
3. Greenbacks versus gold: the contest over finance in the 1870s
4. The 'people's money': Greenbackism in North Carolina, Illinois and Massachusetts
5. The battle of the standards: the financial debate of the 1890s
6. Populism and the politics of finance in North Carolina, Illinois and Massachusetts in the 1890s
7. Money, history, and American political development
Appendix A. Financial terms of the 1870s and 1890s
Appendix B. Major banking and currency legislation, 1860-1900
Appendix C. An antimonopolist reading of L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.