Building the Empire State : : Political Economy in the Early Republic / / Brian Phillips Murphy.
Building the Empire State examines the origins of American capitalism by tracing how and why business corporations were first introduced into the economy of the early republic. Brian Phillips Murphy follows the collaborations between political leaders and a group of unelected political entrepreneurs...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2015] ©2015 |
| Year of Publication: | 2015 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | American Business, Politics, and Society
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (304 p.) :; 7 illus. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Note on Banking Terms
- Introduction. Strength in Structure
- Chapter 1. "The Most Dangerous and Effectual Engine of Power"
- Chapter 2. "An Enlarged American Scale"
- Chapter 3. "A Very Convenient Instrument"
- Chapter 4. "To Occupy All Points"
- Chapter 5. "If We Must Have War or a Canal, I Am in Favor of the Canal"
- Conclusion. Corporate Political Economy
- Notes
- Index
- Acknowledgments