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1 online resource |
| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Abbreviations -- Prologue -- Introduction -- 1. Insure, Britannia! Marine Insurance and the Maritime Empire, 1622-1776 -- 2. Underwriting a Revolution, 1776-1789 -- 3. Forging "Golden Chains": The Constitutional Project of Chartering Insurance Companies, 1790-1800 -- 4. Investing Capital and Inventing Value, 1800-1815 -- 5. Market Readers, Market Makers: American Insurers at War, 1793-1815 -- 6. Wooden Ships, Paper Capitals: The Rise and Fall of Jacob Barker, 1815-1826 |
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7. State Making and Myth Making, 1820-1860 -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"Unassuming but formidable, American maritime insurers used their position at the pinnacle of global trade to shape the new nation. The international information they gathered and the capital they generated enabled them to play central roles in state building and economic development. Deeply and imaginatively researched, Underwriters of the United States uses marine insurers to reveal a startlingly original story of risk, money, and power in the founding era"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Marine insurance -- Political aspects -- United States -- History.
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United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Economic aspects.
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United States -- History -- 1783-1815 -- Economic aspects.
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HISTORY / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800) |
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Economics |
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United States |
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American Revolution (United States : 1775-1783) |
| Chronological Term |
1775-1815 |
| Genre/Form |
History
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9781469663630 1469663635 (DLC) 2021021862 (OCoLC)1244883082 |
| ISBN |
9781469663654 (electronic bk.) |
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1469663651 (electronic bk.) |
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9781469663647 (electronic bk.) |
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1469663643 (electronic bk.) |
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9781469663630 |
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1469663635 |
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