The Founders and Finance: How Hamilton, Gallatin, and Other Immigrants Forged a New Economy
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In 1776 the United States government started out on a shoestring and quickly went bankrupt fighting its War of Independence against Britain. At the war's end, the national government owed tremendous sums to foreign creditors and its own citizens. But lacking the power to tax, it had no means to repay them. The Founders and Finance is the first book to tell the story of how foreign-born financial specialists--immigrants--solved the fiscal...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0674066928
ISBN13:9780674066922
Release Date:October 2012
Publisher:Belknap Press
Length:496 Pages
Weight:2.01 lbs.
Dimensions:1.6" x 6.4" x 9.5"
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