The founding fortunes : how the wealthy paid for and profited from America's revolution / Tom Shachtman.

"In The Founding Fortunes, historian Tom Shachtman offers an in-depth look at a time when money became as vital as guns in securing victory on the Revolutionary War's battlefields, and how some of America's wealthiest men risked their fortunes to aid the new country even as they reaped benefits from...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Shachtman, Tom, 1942- (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2020.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
United States > Economic conditions > To 1865.
United States > Commerce > History > 18th century.
United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Finance.
Businesspeople > Political activity > United States > History > 18th century.
Rich people > Political activity > United States > History > 18th century.
Businesspeople > Political activity.
Commerce.
Economic history.
Finance.
United States.
To 1865
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:xi, 338 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Format: Book

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