Overview

Full Product Details

9781469666617

Table of Contents

Reviews

A carefully researched, well written, and deeply persuasive book. . . . By centering securities, Thomson reveals how Civil War debt played a crucial role in shaping the modern financial landscape.--H-CivWar A fascinating foray into the world of Civil War finance and the beginnings of modern America's financial markets.--HistoryNet Thomson weaves a compelling thread of the bonds representing a democratization of a war effort, in contrast to past wars being funded by financial elites.Emerging Civil War

"Bonds of War remind[s] us that the Civil War energized the nation's transformation from a modest and decentralized economic actor into the global juggernaut of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. . . . Impressive research . . . Thomson also offers a fascinating snapshot of the European trade in American bonds.""--New York Review of Books A carefully researched, well written, and deeply persuasive book. . . . By centering securities, Thomson reveals how Civil War debt played a crucial role in shaping the modern financial landscape.""--H-CivWar A fascinating foray into the world of Civil War finance and the beginnings of modern America's financial markets.""--HistoryNet By providing a comprehensive and detailed look at how the United States raised enough money to finance a lengthy four-year military struggle, Thomson offers a much-needed perspective on the origins of modern finance as well as a case study of how military and political fortunes have intimate ties to financial riches.""--Journal of American History Thomson weaves a compelling thread of the bonds representing a democratization of a war effort, in contrast to past wars being funded by financial elites.""--Emerging Civil War"

A fascinating foray into the world of Civil War finance and the beginnings of modern America's financial markets.--HistoryNet Thomson weaves a compelling thread of the bonds representing a democratization of a war effort, in contrast to past wars being funded by financial elites.Emerging Civil War

A carefully researched, well written, and deeply persuasive book. . . . By centering securities, Thomson reveals how Civil War debt played a crucial role in shaping the modern financial landscape. --H-CivWar A fascinating foray into the world of Civil War finance and the beginnings of modern America's financial markets. --HistoryNet Thomson weaves a compelling thread of the bonds representing a democratization of a war effort, in contrast to past wars being funded by financial elites. Emerging Civil War

Author Information

David K. Thomson is assistant professor of history at Sacred Heart University.

Tab Content 6

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

Countries Available