Title Bonds of war : how Civil War financial agents sold the world on the Union / David K. Thomson

Published Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2022] ©2022

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 268 pages) : illustrations Series Civil War America Civil War America (Series) Contents Freedom of debt: the lessons of government finance before the Civil War -- A thousand-dollar breakfast: the limits of war financing by elites -- Patriotism and profit: Jay Cooke and the democratization of debt -- The sale of American stocks constitutes the chief business at the Bourse: foreign war finance -- Like a cord through the whole country: nationalizing the economy -- A permanent national debt is not an American institution: postwar debt Summary "This fascinating work of financial and political history during the Civil War era shows how the marketing and sale of bonds crossed the Atlantic to Europe and beyond, helping ensure foreign countries' vested interest in the Union's success. Indeed, David K. Thomson demonstrates how Europe, and ultimately all corners of the globe, grew deeply interdependent on American finance during, and in the immediate aftermath of, the American Civil War"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes David K. Thomson is assistant professor of history at Sacred Heart University Print version record Subject Cooke, Jay, 1821-1905. SUBJECT Cooke, Jay, 1821-1905 Cooke, Jay, 1821-1905 fast Subject Jay Cooke & Co. SUBJECT Jay Cooke & Co. fast Subject Debts, Public -- United States -- History -- 19th century Bonds -- United States -- History -- 19th century Debts, External -- United States -- History -- 19th century Patriotism -- Economic aspects -- United States HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877) Finance Debts, Public Debts, External Bonds SUBJECT United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Finance. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140232 Subject United States Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781469666624 1469666626 9781469666631 1469666634

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