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GoodA book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including scuff marks, but no holes or tears. The dust jacket for hard covers may not be included. Binding has minimal wear. The majority of pages are undamaged with minimal creasing or tearing, minimal pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, no writing in margins. No missing pages. See the seller’s listing for full details and description of any imperfections. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
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ISBN-10
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0292743610
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Publication Name
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University of Texas Press
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Hardcover
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ISBN
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9780292743618
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Book Title
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Founding Finance : How Debt, Speculation, Foreclosures, Protests, and Crackdowns Made USA Nation
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Book Series
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Discovering America Ser.
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Publisher
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University of Texas Press
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9.3 in
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2012
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Hardcover
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English
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Yes
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1 in
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Genre
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Business & Economics, History
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United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), Economic History, Public Finance, United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775), Investments & Securities / General
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21 Oz
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5.9 in
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284 Pages
FOUNDING FINANCE: HOW DEBT, SPECULATION, FORECLOSURES, By William Hogeland
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Texas Press
ISBN-10
0292743610
ISBN-13
9780292743618
eBay Product ID (ePID)
117297515
Product Key Features
Book Title
Founding Finance : How Debt, Speculation, Foreclosures, Protests, and Crackdowns Made USA Nation
Number of Pages
284 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2012
Topic
United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), Economic History, Public Finance, United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775), Investments & Securities / General
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Business & Economics, History
Book Series
Discovering America Ser.
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
21 Oz
Item Length
9.3 in
Item Width
5.9 in
Additional Product Features
LCCN
2012-023318
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
Mixing lively narrative with fresh views of America’s founders, in Founding Finance, William Hogeland offers a new perspective on America’s economic infancy., “For William Hogeland, thinking about history is an act of moral inquiry and high citizenship. A searching and original voice.” Rick Perlstein author of Nixonland “Hogeland unravels complex economic issues, shifting political ideologies, and legal maneuverings with uncommon skill, and he has brought to life in beautifully polished prose a cast of characters.” Gary B. Nash, Professor of History and Director of the National Center for History in the Schools, UCLA
Series Volume Number
5
Dewey Decimal
336.7309/033
Synopsis
Recent movements such as the Tea Party and anti-tax “constitutional conservatism” lay claim to the finance and taxation ideas of America’s founders, but how much do we really know about the dramatic clashes over finance and economics that marked the founding of America? Dissenting from both right-wing claims and certain liberal preconceptions, Founding Finance brings to life the violent conflicts over economics, class, and finance that played directly, and in many ways ironically, into the hardball politics of forming the nation and ratifying the Constitution-conflicts that still continue to affect our politics, legislation, and debate today.Mixing lively narrative with fresh views of America’s founders, William Hogeland offers a new perspective on America’s economic infancy: foreclosure crises that make our current one look mild; investment bubbles in land and securities that drove rich men to high-risk borrowing and mad displays of ostentation before dropping them into debtors’ prisons; depressions longer and deeper than the great one of the twentieth century; crony mercantilism, war profiteering, and government corruption that undermine any nostalgia for a virtuous early republic; and predatory lending of scarce cash at exorbitant, unregulated rates, which forced people into bankruptcy, landlessness, and working in the factories and on the commercial farms of their creditors. This story exposes and corrects a perpetual historical denial-by movements across the political spectrum-of America’s all-important founding economic clashes, a denial that weakens and cheapens public discourse on American finance just when we need it most., Recent movements such as the Tea Party and anti-tax “constitutional conservatism” lay claim to the finance and taxation ideas of America’s founders, but how much do we really know about the dramatic clashes over finance and economics that marked the founding of America? Dissenting from both right-wing claims and certain liberal preconceptions, Founding Finance brings to life the violent conflicts over economics, class, and finance that played directly, and in many ways ironically, into the hardball politics of forming the nation and ratifying the Constitution–conflicts that still continue to affect our politics, legislation, and debate today. Mixing lively narrative with fresh views of America’s founders, William Hogeland offers a new perspective on America’s economic infancy: foreclosure crises that make our current one look mild; investment bubbles in land and securities that drove rich men to high-risk borrowing and mad displays of ostentation before dropping them into debtors’ prisons; depressions longer and deeper than the great one of the twentieth century; crony mercantilism, war profiteering, and government corruption that undermine any nostalgia for a virtuous early republic; and predatory lending of scarce cash at exorbitant, unregulated rates, which forced people into bankruptcy, landlessness, and working in the factories and on the commercial farms of their creditors. This story exposes and corrects a perpetual historical denial–by movements across the political spectrum–of America’s all-important founding economic clashes, a denial that weakens and cheapens public discourse on American finance just when we need it most.
LC Classification Number
HJ247.H64 2012
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