The Bank of the United States and the American Economy

by Edward S. Kaplan

An account of the history, structure, and operation of the First and Second Banks of the United States, this study examines how the banks performed as national and central institutions, and what happened to the economy when the charter of the Second Bank was allowed to expire in 1836. Historians have paid little recent attention to the early history of central banking in the United States, and many Americans believe that the Federal Reserve, created...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313308667
• ISBN13: 9780313308666
• Release Date: September 1999
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"