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Underwriters of the United States : how insurance shaped the American founding
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Unassuming but formidable, American maritime insurers used their position at the pinnacle of global trade to shape the new nation. Deeply and imaginatively researched, 'Underwriters of the United S...
Unassuming but formidable, American maritime insurers used their position at the pinnacle of global trade to shape the new nation. Deeply and imaginatively researched, 'Underwriters of the United States' uses marine insurers to reveal a startlingly original story of risk, money, and power in the founding era.
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- Creator
- Hannah Farber
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Williamsburg, Virginia : Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture and the University of North Carolina Press, [2023]
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (1 online resource)
- ISBNs
- 9798890860682, 9781469663654, 1469663651, 1469663635
- OCLC
- on1281649806
- Previously issued in print: 2021.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 7. State Making and Myth Making, 1820-1860 -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z
- Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Abbreviations -- Prologue -- Introduction -- 1. Insure, Britannia! Marine Insurance and the Maritime Empire, 1622-1776 -- 2. Underwriting a Revolution, 1776-1789 -- 3. Forging "Golden Chains": The Constitutional Project of Chartering Insurance Companies, 1790-1800 -- 4. Investing Capital and Inventing Value, 1800-1815 -- 5. Market Readers, Market Makers: American Insurers at War, 1793-1815 -- 6. Wooden Ships, Paper Capitals: The Rise and Fall of Jacob Barker, 1815-1826