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Underwriters of the United States : how insurance shaped the American founding

"Unassuming but formidable, American maritime insurers used their position at the pinnacle of global trade to shape the new nation. The international information they gathered and the capital they generated enabled them to play central roles in state building and economic development. Deeply an...

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Main Author: Farber, Hannah, (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Williamsburg, Virginia : Chapel Hill : Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture ; University of North Carolina Press, [2021]
Subjects and Genres:
Marine insurance > Political aspects > United States > History.
United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Economic aspects.
United States > History > 1783-1815 > Economic aspects.
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Summary: "Unassuming but formidable, American maritime insurers used their position at the pinnacle of global trade to shape the new nation. The international information they gathered and the capital they generated enabled them to play central roles in state building and economic development. 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"--
Physical Description: 335 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781469663630
1469663635

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