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This is a book about politics and banks and history. Yet politicians who read it will see that the author is not a politician, bankers who read it ...Show synopsisThis is a book about politics and banks and history. Yet politicians who read it will see that the author is not a politician, bankers who read it will see that he is not a banker, and historians that he is not an historian. Economists will see that he is not an economist and lawyers that he is not a lawyer. With this rather cryptic and exhaustive disclaimer, Bray Hammond began his classic investigation into the role of banking in the formation of American society. Hammond, who was assistant secretary of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System from 1944 to 1950, presented in this 771-page book the definitive account of how banking evolved in the United States in the context of the nation's political and social development. Hammond combined political with financial analysis, highlighting not only the in.uence politicians exercised over banking but also how banking drove political interests and created political coalitions. He captured the entrepreneurial, expansive, risk-taking spirit of the United States from earliest days and then showed how that spirit sometimes undermined sound banking institutions. In Hammond's view, we need central banks to keep the economy on an even keel. Historian Richard Sylla judged the work to be "a wry and urbane study of early U.S. financial history, but also a timeless essay on how Americans became what they are." "Banks and Politics in America" won the Pulitzer Prize for history in 1958.Hide synopsis
Description:Very Good. Winner of the Pulitizer Prize, this is a book about...Very Good. Winner of the Pulitizer Prize, this is a book about the conflict between business enterprise and agrarianism over banking in the early Republic; the author had been the Assistant Secretary of the Federal Reserve Board (green cover with white & black lettering, slight edgewear; otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy)
Description:Fair. Pages marked due to contact with moisture, covers scuffed...Fair. Pages marked due to contact with moisture, covers scuffed/scratched/worn, corners worn/torn/bumped, slightly worn edges, lots of marks on page edges.
Description:Good. Well-used copy. The laminate on the spine and covers...Good. Well-used copy. The laminate on the spine and covers along edge of spine is heavily wrinkled/blistered. Also has wear at corners/corners upturned some. Reading copy only.
Description:Princeton 1958 second edition Princeton. Hardcover. Sm.4to.,...Princeton 1958 second edition Princeton. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 771p., red cloth. Good, end papers toned, slight indication where spine label once was taped, no DJ. No ownership marks.
Description:Good. 1957 Hardcover 1st Ed. Former Library book. Shows some...Good. 1957 Hardcover 1st Ed. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy!
Description:Acceptable. 1957 Hardcover 1st Ed. Former Library book. Shows...Acceptable. 1957 Hardcover 1st Ed. Former Library book. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy!
Description:Good. 1957 Hardcover 1st Ed. Former Library book. Shows some...Good. 1957 Hardcover 1st Ed. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy!
Description:Acceptable. 1957 Hardcover 1st Ed. Former Library book. Shows...Acceptable. 1957 Hardcover 1st Ed. Former Library book. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy!
