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Book Synopsisbanking today.
Trade ReviewA readable and thought-provoking treatise... A good addition to the literature on financial history and public policy in banking. -- Lynne Pierson Doti Journal of Economic History Ideas matter. Susan Hoffmann, an assistant professor of political science at Western Michigan University, amply demonstrates this in her well-written study of the creation of financial institutions in the United States. -- Carolyn M. Shrewsbury Perspectives on Political Science The strength of the book is in its broad historical sweep. One cannot help but be impressed with the recitation of various events and actors. -- Jim Granato Journal of Politics Offering a political scientist's view of the evolution of banking regulation in the United States, Susan Hoffmann approaches the creation of banks, savings and loans, and credit unions from the perspective of 'public philosophies' about money, banking, and credit... [Hoffmann also provides] a good analysis of the New Deal banking laws. -- Larry Schweikart American Political Science Review
Table of ContentsContents: Preface Chapter 1: Ideas and Institutions: Public Philosophies and Regulatory Frameworks in U.S. Banking Chapter 2: The First Bank of the United States: From Many One? Chapter 3: Andrew Jackson and the Second Bank of the United States: Restoring the Lochean Line Chapter 4: From State Banks to National Banks: Public and Private Chapter 5: The Federal Reserve Board: Where Nature Ends Chapter 6: Progressivism and the S&L Framework: Centering the Purpose Chapter 7: Credit Unionism and Populist Public Philosophy: Questions of Control Chapter 8: Whither Banking Regulation? Notes Bibliography Index
