Sovereignty and an Empty Purse: Banks and Politics in the Civil War (Princeton Legacy Library, 706) - Softcover

Hammond, Bray

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0691604681 ISBN 13: 9780691604688

Publisher: Princeton University Press, 2014

Synopsis

A sequel to his Pulitzer Prize-winning Banks and Politics in America from the Revolution to the Civil War, this book by Bray Hammond focuses on how Washington struggled financially to settle the Civil War and how its measures spurred the growth of federal government.

Originally published in 1970.

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About this title

About the Author:

Bray Hammond (1886-1968) was Assistant Secretary of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System from 1944 to 1950.

About this edition

• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0691604681
• ISBN 13: 9780691604688
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 412