Goldbugs and Greenbacks : The Antimonopoly Tradition and the Politics of Finance in America, 1865–1896

Name: Goldbugs and Greenbacks
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 9780521561679
Price: 11050 KES
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ISBN: 9780521561679

by Gretchen Ritter

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Format Hardback

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

Product Classification: 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899 History of the Americas Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900 Finance Finance and the finance industry History History of the Americas

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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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