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Review
“This provocative and well-researched work examines early American history from the standpoint of modern financial theory....Highly Recommended. Upper-division undergraduate through faculty collections.”–
“[W]right provides finance-based interpretations of important events, from the underlying causes of the american Revolution to the adoption of the U.S Constitution, from economic growth to the role of banks and urban finance in the election of 1800, from dueling to the subjugation of women....[r]aises issues that will be of interest to economic historians....Wright is a gifted storyteller and makes exceptional use of documentary archival sources....[w]ell worth reading. The author writes in an engaging style and offers more than a couple provocative, well-defended hypotheses.”–
“[W]ell worth reading. The author writes in an engaging style and offers more than a couple provocative, well-defended hypotheses. [a]n ambitious attempt to apply the techniques of modern finace to a number of topics not generally thought to be amenable to such an approach.”–
“[A] good clear amount of some important but relatively untouched subjects.”–
Book Description
Modern financial theories enable us to look at old problems in early American Republic historiography from new perspectives. Concepts such as information asymmetry, portfolio choice, and principal-agent dilemmas open up new scholarly vistas. Transcending the ongoing debates over the prevalence of either community or capitalism in early America, Wright offers fresh and compelling arguments that illuminate motivations for individual and collective actions, and brings agency back into the historical equation.
Hamilton Unbound : Finance and the Creation of the American Republic (Contributions in Economics and Economic History,)
Hamilton Unbound : Finance and the Creation of the American Republic (Contributions in Economics and Economic History,),Robert E. Wright,Praeger Publishers,0275978168,Finance,History,History - U.S.,History: American,United States - General,History / United States / General
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