{"product_id":"finance-and-enterprise-in-early-america-a-study-of-stephen-girards-bank-1812-1831-hardcover","title":"Finance and Enterprise in Early America: A Study of Stephen Girard's Bank, 1812-1831 - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJr.\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStephen Girard, the second richest American of his time after John Jacob Astor, was the last of the great merchant bankers and the first of the great investment bankers. This is a study not only of an influential man and the bank he operated in Philadelphia but also of the growing interdependence between the institutions of government and finance in early nineteenth-century America. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a period when precedents were being set in a new nation and large corporations were beginning to predominate in the business of banking, Girard, a man of undisputed business acumen, established in Philadelphia what was to become the largest private bank of its time and as such a monument to free enterprise. At the same time, along with Astor and other influential financiers, Girard was instrumental in financing the War of 1812 and in establishing the second Bank of the United States. His close association with the Madison administration and the Treasury Department made him a key figure in the evolving relationship between the federal government and the financial community. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eApplying modern statistical techniques to the comprehensive records of the old Girard Bank, Donald Adams has uncovered a great deal of information, hitherto largely unavailable to scholars, about banking practices in early America. In this book he analyzes day-to-day operations--the kinds of loans that were typical, the devices for maintaining liquidity, the organization of staff--as well as long-run investment decisions and their impact on the formation of American finance. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhile other studies have been made of the anatomy and influence of early chartered and corporate banks, Adams' is the first history of America's largest private bank. It provides a rare glimpse of the inner structure and strategy of an important financial institution and of the entrepreneurial and political activities of its founder.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDonald R. Adams, Jr. was Professor of History at West Virginia University.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.44 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 1978\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52320077283602,"sku":"9780812277364","price":145.35,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0941\/2211\/5346\/files\/WnhPTy9kWjhjbVVDdTBoUnBxdS9Vdz09.webp?v=1780253524","url":"https:\/\/ckbookstore.net\/products\/finance-and-enterprise-in-early-america-a-study-of-stephen-girards-bank-1812-1831-hardcover","provider":"CK BOOKSTORE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}