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Author: Farley Grubb
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
Imprint: University of Chicago Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 2.80cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.626kg
ISBN: 9780226826035
ISBN 10: 0226826031
Pages: 296
Publication Date: 06 July 2023
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
Well written and convincing, The Continental Dollar proposes a new view of the early American monetary system, representing an impressive scholarly effort that advances our understanding of how money works. -- Christopher M. Meissner, University of California, Davis Bringing together the author's important, and even controversial, work, future generations of financial historians will benefit from this book-yet one need not be a monetary historian to follow The Continental Dollar because it makes this material clear and accessible. -- Jane Knodell, University of Vermont The Continental Dollar provides an innovative, painstakingly thorough study of how the Americans used paper money to finance their War of Independence. While these events happened long ago under very different economic conditions, Grubb demonstrates valuable information about the flexible nature of the boundary between money and government debt and how money and debt influence the economy. All future studies of the financing of the Revolution, and many studies of other macroeconomic events, will lean heavily on this masterful analysis. -- Hugh Rockoff, Rutgers University In this arresting account, Farley Grubb overturns existing interpretations of the Continental dollar. Unmatched in his erudition on early American money, Grubb adds immeasurably to our knowledge about how Americans financed the Revolution and how they redesigned money in its aftermath. This book is a game-changer. -- Christine A. Desan, Harvard University Understanding how and why the continentals circulated and were valued lies at core of the early American experience and how the nation won its independence nearly 250 years ago. Professor Grubb's new treatise and career achievement is an authoritative account of Revolutionary War finance that distills the essence of the continental dollars as money and the rationale for and risks of holding them. A result of in-depth archival research and analysis over many years, the work will be of great interest to historians and others seeking a comprehensive guide to and fresh perspective on this classic tale. -- Peter Rousseau, Vanderbilt University Farley Grubb has performed a massive historical reconstruction of the dollar and its history. In the process, he has overturned myths and misconceptions about the financing of the American Revolution and cast new light on how the fourteen governments of the new republic attempted to finance a war with the world's greatest military power. This is an enormous achievement, one that historians, economic historians, and economists will want on their shelves. -- John Joseph Wallis, University of Maryland
"""Grubb has written a splendid book that explains a great deal about the financing of the Revolution that we did not know. It will be a cornerstone of future research."" * EH.Net * “Well written and convincing, The Continental Dollar proposes a new view of the early American monetary system, representing an impressive scholarly effort that advances our understanding of how money works.” -- Christopher M. Meissner, University of California, Davis “Bringing together the author’s important, and even controversial, work, future generations of financial historians will benefit from this book—yet one need not be a monetary historian to follow The Continental Dollar because it makes this material clear and accessible.” -- Jane Knodell, University of Vermont ""The Continental Dollar provides an innovative, painstakingly thorough study of how the Americans used paper money to finance their War of Independence. While these events happened long ago under very different economic conditions, Grubb demonstrates valuable information about the flexible nature of the boundary between money and government debt and how money and debt influence the economy. All future studies of the financing of the Revolution, and many studies of other macroeconomic events, will lean heavily on this masterful analysis."" -- Hugh Rockoff, Rutgers University ""In this arresting account, Farley Grubb overturns existing interpretations of the Continental dollar. Unmatched in his erudition on early American money, Grubb adds immeasurably to our knowledge about how Americans financed the Revolution and how they redesigned money in its aftermath. This book is a game-changer."" -- Christine A. Desan, Harvard University ""Understanding how and why the continentals circulated and were valued lies at core of the early American experience and how the nation won its independence nearly 250 years ago. Professor Grubb’s new treatise and career achievement is an authoritative account of Revolutionary War finance that distills the essence of the continental dollars as money and the rationale for and risks of holding them. A result of in-depth archival research and analysis over many years, the work will be of great interest to historians and others seeking a comprehensive guide to and fresh perspective on this classic tale."" -- Peter Rousseau, Vanderbilt University ""Farley Grubb has performed a massive historical reconstruction of the dollar and its history. In the process, he has overturned myths and misconceptions about the financing of the American Revolution and cast new light on how the fourteen governments of the new republic attempted to finance a war with the world's greatest military power. This is an enormous achievement, one that historians, economic historians, and economists will want on their shelves."" -- John Joseph Wallis, University of Maryland"
Well written and convincing, The Continental Dollar proposes a new view of the early American monetary system, representing an impressive scholarly effort that advances our understanding of how money works. -- Christopher M. Meissner, University of California, Davis Bringing together the author's important, and even controversial, work, future generations of financial historians will benefit from this book-yet one need not be a monetary historian to follow The Continental Dollar because it makes this material clear and accessible. -- Jane Knodell, University of Vermont The Continental Dollar provides an innovative, painstakingly thorough study of how the Americans used paper money to finance their War of Independence. While these events happened long ago under very different economic conditions, Grubb demonstrates valuable information about the flexible nature of the boundary between money and government debt and how money and debt influence the economy. All future studies of the financing of the Revolution, and many studies of other macroeconomic events, will lean heavily on this masterful analysis. -- Hugh Rockoff, Rutgers University Understanding how and why the continentals circulated and were valued lies at core of the early American experience and how the nation won its independence nearly 250 years ago. Professor Grubb's new treatise and career achievement is an authoritative account of Revolutionary War finance that distills the essence of the continental dollars as money and the rationale for and risks of holding them. A result of in-depth archival research and analysis over many years, the work will be of great interest to historians and others seeking a comprehensive guide to and fresh perspective on this classic tale. -- Peter Rousseau, Vanderbilt University Farley Grubb has performed a massive historical reconstruction of the dollar and its history. In the process, he has overturned myths and misconceptions about the financing of the American Revolution and cast new light on how the fourteen governments of the new republic attempted to finance a war with the world's greatest military power. This is an enormous achievement, one that historians, economic historians, and economists will want on their shelves. -- John Joseph Wallis, University of Maryland
Author Information
Farley Grubb is professor of economics at the University of Delaware and a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research.
