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1 online resource (viii, 297 pages) |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-282) and index. |
| Contents |
Money, banks, and creditworthiness : three myths? -- Banking and finance as organized conflict -- Institutions and the struggle over creditworthiness in 19th-century United States -- Wildcats, reputations, and the formation of the Federal Reserve -- Italian elites and the centralization of creditworthiness -- Italian creditworthiness : from central to national. |
| Summary |
For decades, the banking industry seemed to be a Swiss watch, quietly ticking along. But the recent financial crisis hints at the true nature of this sector. As Simone Polillo reveals in Conservatives Versus Wildcats, conflict is a driving force. Conservative bankers strive to control money by allying themselves with political elites to restrict access to credit. Barriers to credit create social resistance, so rival bankers-wildcats-attempt to subvert the status quo by using money as a tool for breaking existing boundaries. For instance, wildcats may increase the circulatio. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Banks and banking -- Social aspects -- Case studies.
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Banks and banking -- Social aspects. |
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Case studies.
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Banks and banking. |
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Credit -- Social aspects -- Case studies.
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Credit. |
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Social aspects. |
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Finance -- Social aspects -- Case studies.
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Finance. |
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Banks and banking -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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United States. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
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Banks and banking -- Social aspects -- Italy -- History -- 19th century.
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Italy. |
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Electronic books.
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Case studies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9780804785099 0804785090 (DLC) 2012033970 |
| ISBN |
0804785554 (electronic book) |
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9780804785556 (electronic book) |
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9780804785099 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0804785090 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
| Standard No. |
40022187237 |
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