Good economic history should be both good economics and good history. This book is good economic history, and Bodenhorn has clearly aimed for an audience of both economists and historians.

• Preface ; 1. Introduction ; 2. Establishment and Governance of the Antebellum Bank ; 3. Banking Theory and Banking Practice in Antebellum America ; 4. New England: Small Banks and Familial Ties ; 5. The Rise and Fall of the Suffok System ; 6. Middle Atlantic: Conservatism and Experimentation ; 7. New York's Safety Fund System: America's First Bank Insurance Experiment ; 8. Free Banking: A populist Revolt Takes Root in new York ; 9. Banking in the South and West: Banks and the Commonwealth ; 10. Property Banking, Free Banking, and Branch Banking ; 11. Assessing America's Early Banks ; Bibliography ; Index

Good economic history should be both good economics and good history. This book is good economic history, and Bodenhorn has clearly aimed for an audience of both economists and historians.

• Preface ; 1. Introduction ; 2. Establishment and Governance of the Antebellum Bank ; 3. Banking Theory and Banking Practice in Antebellum America ; 4. New England: Small Banks and Familial Ties ; 5. The Rise and Fall of the Suffok System ; 6. Middle Atlantic: Conservatism and Experimentation ; 7. New York's Safety Fund System: America's First Bank Insurance Experiment ; 8. Free Banking: A populist Revolt Takes Root in new York ; 9. Banking in the South and West: Banks and the Commonwealth ; 10. Property Banking, Free Banking, and Branch Banking ; 11. Assessing America's Early Banks ; Bibliography ; Index