American Commercial Banking


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Traces the evolution of commercail banking in the United States from the beginnings in the late eighteenth century until 1988. This title is a reprint.







Origins of Commercial Banking in America, 1750-1800


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In a study developed from his 1997 Ph.D. dissertation for the State University of New York-Buffalo, Banking and Politics in New York, 1784-1829, Wright (money and banking, U. of Virginia) investigates why American banking arose when it did and with the particular characteristics it did. c. Book News Inc.







American Commercial Banking


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Financing American Enterprise


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This work is a general history of banking in America, emphasizing the relation between bank credit and the development of the American economy. The effects on the banking industry of population growth, industrialization, technological advance, and changes in the forms and sizes of business firms are examined.




A History of Banking in Antebellum America


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Professor Bodenhorn reveals how America was served by an efficient system of financial intermediaries by the mid-nineteenth century.




The Transformation of Commercial Banking in the United States, 1956-1991


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First published in 1998. A profound transformation of the commercial banking industry has occurred in recent years. The consolidation of local, independent banks into multi-bank holding company structures has altered the landscape of commercial banking. The Transformation of Commercial Banking in the United States, 1956-1991 focuses on the effect of restrictive state branch banking laws on the consolidation of commercial banks in the United States. The central thesis of this study is that much of the change in the structure of commercial banking can be explained by the variation in state branch banking laws.




State Banking in Early America


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Examines the different state banking systems in the U.S. from 1790 through 1860.