1st Edition
Banks and Politics During the Progressive Era (RLE Banking & Finance)
By Richard McCulley
Copyright 1992
354 Pages
by
Routledge
354 Pages
by
Routledge
354 Pages
by
Routledge
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Despite the political potency of money and banking issues, historians have largely dismissed the Progressive Era political debate over banking as irrelevant and have been preoccupied with explaining the shortcomings, limitations and inadequacies of the Federal Reserve Act. The picture that has emerged is one of bankers controlling the course of financial reform with the assistance of political... Read more
Preface. 1. Money, Banks and Politics During the Nineteenth Century 2. The Republicans and the Gold Standard Act of 1900 3. Republican Financial Deadlock, 1901-1904. 4. Prelude to Panic, 1905 – 1907 5. Panic and Reaction, 1907-1910 6. Wall Street Consolation, 1911. 7. Toward Self-Regulation, 1911. 8. The Aldrich Plan, 1911. 9. The Counteroffensive, 1912-1913. 10. Conclusion: The Democrats’ Ambiguous Financial Legacy. Bibliography. Index.
Biography
Richard McCulley
