Goldbugs and Greenbacks : The Antimonopoly Tradition and the Politics of Finance in America, 1865–1896
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0521561671
ISBN-13
9780521561679
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Mar 13th, 1997
Print length
320 Pages
Weight
634 grams
Dimensions
16.10 x 23.70 x 2.60 cms
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This is a book about the late-nineteenth-century money debates in American politics, and about the role of history in American political development. Behind the discussions over gold versus silver and state versus national banks was a broader dialogue about sectionalism, class relations, and the future course of the American economy and democracy.
In the late-nineteenth century, there was a popular and heated debate over what sort of financial system America should have. Behind the discussions over gold versus silver and state versus national banks was a broader dialogue about sectionalism, class relations, and the future course of the American economy and democracy. Professor Ritter contends that there was a distinctive and neglected political tradition in the United States - the antimonopoly tradition - which was championed by nearly every major agricultural and labor group during the period from the Civil War until 1900. The book explains why the antimonopolists (including the National Labor Union, the Greenbackers, the Knights of Labor, and the Populists) saw the financial system as the key to maintaining economic opportunity and democratic control for all classes and regions.
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