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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Sharon Ann MurphyPublisher: The University of Chicago Press Imprint: University of Chicago Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.594kg ISBN: 9780226825137ISBN 10: 0226825132 Pages: 448 Publication Date: 05 April 2023 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsA tremendous accomplishment. We cannot fully understand the history of banking in the United States without reckoning with Murphy's important findings. Banking on Slavery sets the stage for new understandings of the history of capitalism and its relation to slavery. * Claire Priest, author of Credit Nation: Property Laws and Institutions in Early America * A tremendous accomplishment. We cannot fully understand the history of banking in the United States without reckoning with Murphy's important findings. Banking on Slavery sets the stage for new understandings of the history of capitalism and its relation to slavery. * Claire Priest, author of Credit Nation: Property Laws and Institutions in Early America * In a pathbreaking account of the way Americans financed slavery, Murphy connects the vast sweep of that tragedy to the banking that made it possible. Detail by dollar detail, she exposes the structures that transmuted enslaved people into assets and collateral, building white wealth all the while. A powerful--and chilling--book. -- Christine Desan, author of Making Money: Coin, Currency, and the Coming of Capitalism Author InformationSharon Ann Murphy is professor of history at Providence College. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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