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Author Hansen, Bradley A., 1963-

Title Institutions, entrepreneurs, and American economic history : how the Farmers' Loan and Trust Company shaped the laws of business from 1822 to 1929 / Bradley A. Hansen
Published New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (227 pages)
Contents Cover; Contents; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction: The Farmers' Loan and Trust Company as an Institutional Entrepreneur; Part I; 2 The First Trust Company; 3 Vexatious Lawsuits and the Path to Railroad Finance; 4 The Farmers' Loan and Trust Company and the Evolution of Corporate Finance; Part II; 5 Corporate Reorganization; 6 Railroad Regulation; 7 Taxation; 8 Conclusion: Institutions, Entrepreneurs, and American History; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W
Summary This book examines the history of the first trust company, the Farmers Loan and Trust, and its influence on the evolution of corporate law, regulation, and taxation
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-218) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Farmers' Loan and Trust Company (New York, N.Y.) -- History
SUBJECT Farmers' Loan and Trust Company (New York, N.Y.) fast
Subject Commercial law -- United States -- History
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Banks & Banking.
Commercial law
Affärsjuridik -- Förenta staterna -- historia.
United States
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780230619135
0230619134
9780230603929
0230603920
9781349371969
1349371963