Description
Book SynopsisExamining the causes and consequences of a scorching chapter in Maryland's history
Trade Review"Shalhope has done a wonderful job. . . . This will be the fundamental study of the Bank riot."--
Enterprise & Society"A valuable study of a previously understudied event. . . . Anyone interested in the intersection of economic and political change in the era of Jackson would profit from reading this book."--
EH.Net"Shalhope expertly explains the complex Bank of Maryland closure, the riots, and the subsequent trials and indemnity petitions."--
The Journal of Southern History"A timely study of past bank frauds and the populist movements that emerged in their wake."--
H-SHEAR"An exhaustively researched, richly textured account of an important and understudied event of the Jacksonian period. This is a book that all scholars of the period will consult to understand the origins, events, and resolution of that deadly, destructive event."--Thomas Summerhill, author of
Harvest of Dissent: Agrarianism in Nineteenth-Century New York"Robert Shalhope has located a critical event in American history and pinpointed a critical shift in political culture. Historians of the early republic and antebellum America, as well as political scientists studying nineteenth-century political development, will welcome this illuminating text."--Mary P. Ryan, author of
Mysteries of Sex: Tracing Women and Men through American HistoryTable of ContentsAcknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Prologue to a Riot; 2. Riot; 3. Aftermath; 4. Bank Trials; 5. "Junius" versus Reverdy Johnson; 6. Reform or Revolution; Coda; Notes; Index
