Overview
The year 2016 marks the 200th anniversary of the founding of the Second Bank of the United States (1816-1836). This book is an economic history of an early central bank, the Second Bank of the United States (1816-36). After US President Andrew Jackson vetoed the re-chartering of the Bank in 1832, the US would go without a central bank for the rest of the nineteenth century, unlike Europe and England. This book takes a fresh look at the role and legacy of the Second Bank. The Second Bank of the United States shows how the Bank developed a business model that allowed it to make a competitive profit while providing integrating fiscal services to the national government for free. The model revolved around the strategic use of its unique ability to establish a nationwide system of branches. This book shows how the Bank used its branch network to establish dominance in select money markets: frontier money markets and markets for bills of exchange and specie. These lines of business created synergies with the Bank’s fiscal duties, and profits that helped cover their costs. The Bank’s branch in New Orleans, Louisiana, became its geographic centre of gravity, in contrast with the state-chartered banking system, which was already, by the 1820s, centred around New York. This book is of great interest to those who study banking and American history, as well as economic students who have a great interest in economic history.
Full Product Details
Author: Jane Ellen Knodell (University of Vermont, USA)
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint: Routledge
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 1.80cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.408kg
ISBN: 9781138786622
ISBN 10: 1138786624
Pages: 188
Publication Date: 08 September 2016
Audience:
College/higher education
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Tertiary & Higher Education
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Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Overall, this book is an important contribution to the understanding of the Second Bank of the United States and an excellent point of reference for scholars of early American economic and political history. - Claire Brennecke, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
"""Overall, this book is an important contribution to the understanding of the Second Bank of the United States and an excellent point of reference for scholars of early American economic and political history."" - Claire Brennecke, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation."
Author Information
Jane Ellen Knodell is Mark J. Zwynenburg Green and Gold Professor of Financial History at the University of Vermont, USA. Her research and teaching interests are in the fields of money and banking, macroeconomics, and economic history.
